The Caravan of Freedom, carrying the ashes of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, started its journey through Cuba on its way to Santiago de Cuba.
Cuban President Raul Castro delivered a farewell speech to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution before hundreds of thousands of Cuban people gathered at the Jose Marti Revolution Square, and several heads of State and Government from all over the world.
The Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said in his farewell speech at the Havana´s Revolution Square that Fidel Castro was not gone, that he will remain among us undefeated, acquitted by History.
Antonio Becali, president of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER by its Spanish acronym), affirmed that “Fidel is the Cuban sport” when assessing the impact of the death of the Commander-in-Chief in a sector to which he gave special attention.
At 8 AM, Monday November 28, the top Cuban authorities made up the honor guard to Commander in Chief Fidel Castro at the Granma hall in the headquarters of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.