Cuba will celebrate 60 years of revolution on Tuesday amidst economic crises and political reforms, the first time it will mark such an anniversary without a revolutionary fighter in power. The symbolic commemoration will take place in Santiago de Cuba at the foot of the tombs of national heroes Jose Marti and Fidel Castro, while the latter’s brother Raul will give a speech. Diaz-Canel wasn’t even born when Fidel Castro declared on January 1, 1959: “At last we’ve arrived in Santiago. Last week, Diaz-Canel wrote on Twitter: “The Cuban revolution is invincible, it grows, it lasts.”But not everyone is convinced. The country is institutionalizing the revolution during economic crisis, while the Communist Party creates a market economy in which inhabitants can get rich in a society based on egalitarian principals.

Source: Egypt Independent January 01, 2019 08:48 UTC