{"id":80735,"date":"2016-11-28T11:32:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oncubamagazine.com\/?p=80735"},"modified":"2018-10-04T13:06:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T17:06:45","slug":"the-plaza-in-mourning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/society-cuba\/the-plaza-in-mourning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plaza in mourning"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the first day of the funeral rites for Fidel Castro, as they did for decades to hear his speeches, thousands of persons have marched today to Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n, in Havana. This time they come in silence.<\/p>\n

A mass of people in line passes in front of the simple altar made up by one of his famous photos in the Sierra Maestra and white roses.<\/p>\n

It is the third day of National Mourning decreed by the Council of State of the Republic of Cuba, which will last until 12:00 of Sunday December 4.<\/p>\n

At 9 am, a 21-gun salute was fired simultaneously in Havana and Santiago de Cuba, the point of departure and destination, respectively, of the posthumous tribute to the Cuban leader.<\/p>\n

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IN CUBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Cuban provincial media are reporting on the posthumous tribute to Fidel Castro taking place in each of the island\u2019s public squares, where a space has been set aside to bid farewell to the leader of the Cuban Revolution.<\/p>\n

In Sancti Sp\u00edritus the tribute to Fidel Castro includes the participation of dozens of thousands of persons in all the municipalities, the organizers of the tribute in the province confirmed to the newspaper Escambray<\/em>. They said that \u201c293 points have been set up to sign the oath and 14 places for the tribute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thousands of Santiago residents are now paying a personal tribute to Fidel Castro. After the 21-gun salute at 9 am in the military headquarters of Santiago de Cuba, two of the city\u2019s emblematic sites, Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n Antonio Maceo and the Municipal City Hall, started receiving the long lines of persons.<\/p>\n

In addition, there are more than 1,700 points set up for the people to express with their signature their condolences on the death of the revolutionary leader.<\/p>\n