Cuba conducted its key annual commemoration July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This highlights 73 years following the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was missing.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel commented on the U.S. government at the event.
He claimed Washington tried to wipe out Cuba and take its land.
Locals in Havana got ready for the ceremonies.
They did this despite this with severe water issues, caused by ongoing power shortages.