Resumen

RODRIGUEZ MUNOZ, Yaney  y  GUILLOT PEREZ, Hanoi. Fidel Castro Ruz: presence and endurance in Sancti Spiritus. Debates hist. [online]. 2021, vol.9, n.1, pp.185-203.  Epub 20-Jun-2022. ISSN 2594-2956.  https://doi.org/10.54167/debates-por-la-historia.v9i1.536.

In this essay, it is analyzed the presence of Fidel Castro Ruz in Sancti Spiritus, a province located in the center of the Island of Cuba. It is also analyzed his arrival with the rebels, in the caravan of victory on January 6 1959 to the city and the reception made by the sancti spiritus’ people. Moreover the essential ideas of his speech that day from the balcony of the old Progress Society, of what is today Ruben Martínez Villena provincial library are presented. In addition, some of the impacts and experiences of the participants in that act are discussed. Similarly, Fidel's return to the city to deal with the Trujillista conspiracy in the Escambray in August 1959 and to check the works of the Revolution in the territory, especially those that comply with the promises made in the well-known Revolution Program or Moncada program “History Will Absolve Me”, are described. Likewise, it is presented the tribute that the sancti spiritus people paid to the undefeated commander to his death on November 25, 2016, as well as the tribute during “the caravan on the reverse”, that is, the passage of his ashes to Santiago of Cuba through the sancti spiritus province.

Palabras llave : Victory caravan; Revolution program; impact; tribute.