Cuba staged its big annual celebration July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This highlights 73 years following the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was away.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the U.S. government at the event.
He claimed Washington sought to destroy Cuba and take its land.
Locals in Havana got ready for the ceremonies.
They did this nevertheless with acute water issues, caused by ongoing power shortages.