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<\/a><\/p>\nAfter the Council of State and of Ministers, Army General Ra\u00fal Castro, Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Vald\u00e9s Men\u00e9ndez, the Second Secretary of the Communist Party Jos\u00e9 Ram\u00f3n Machado Ventura and First Vice President Miguel D\u00edaz Canel made the last guard of honor of the day in Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Memorial.<\/p>\n
Havana\u2019s Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n will be the scenario of a political cultural ceremony dedicated to the deceased leader of the Cuban Revolution. The presence of an extensive representation of Havana\u2019s population and delegations from other provinces in the western part of the country is expected for the ceremony, which is previewed to begin at 7:00 tonight Cuban time.<\/p>\n
The press has still not been informed regarding the organization of the ceremony, the previewed speakers and the artistic performances that will be included. However, it is presumed that several of the visiting presidents will speak as well as President Ra\u00fal Castro on behalf of the Cuban government and people.<\/p>\n
The ceremony of the transfer of Fidel Castro\u2019s ashes to the island\u2019s eastern region will begin this Wednesday at 7 am. The organized itinerary recalls the tour made by the Freedom Caravan which the Rebel Army led by Fidel Castro followed in January 1959, and will be followed on its way by the inhabitants of the different provinces and Cuban towns.<\/p>\n
The caravan will arrive in Santiago de Cuba on Saturday, where another mass rally will take place in the evening in Antonio Maceo Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n. On Sunday, the revolutionary leader\u2019s ashes will be deposited in Santa Ifigenia Cemetery in a ceremony with a restricted assistance.<\/p>\n
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Ben Rhodes in Havana<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The United States will not have an official delegation to the funeral rites of Fidel Castro; however, the White House announced this Tuesday that the Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications for U.S. President Barack Obama, Ben Rhodes, will travel to the island to represent his country in the funeral of the revolutionary leader.<\/p>\n
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Rhodes, an outstanding figure in the negotiations for the reestablishment of relations between both nations, will be accompanied by Jeffrey DeLaruentis, the United States\u2019 topmost representative in Cuba. This was confirmed by presidential spokesman Josh Earnest, who had previously confirmed that neither Obama nor Vice President Joseph Biden would attend the ceremonies of posthumous homage to Fidel.<\/p>\n
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First posthumous song<\/strong><\/p>\nThe video clip of Cabalgando con Fidel<\/em> is the tribute of singer-songwriter Ra\u00fal Torres that has started being shared on Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\nThe theme, recorded last November 26, is a production of the Ministry of Culture of Cuba and the Abdala recording label; it was premiered this Monday on Cuban Television.<\/p>\n
In addition to Torres, in Cabalgando con Fidel<\/em> Torres is accompanied by singers Eduardo Sosa, Luna Manzanares and Annie Garc\u00eda, trumpet player Yasek Manzano and director Enrique P\u00e9rez Mesa, and the strings of Cuba\u2019s National Symphony Orchestra, as well as tres player Pancho Amat, who was in charge of the piece\u2019s orchestration.<\/p>\nTorres, famous for works like Se fue<\/em> and Candil de la nieve<\/em>, also composed El regreso del amigo<\/em>, dedicated to deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez in March 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the fourth day of national mourning, the Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n continues full of people who want to pay posthumous homage to Fidel Castro. Today the halls were opened an hour earlier, at 8:00 am. It has been announced that the ashes of the Cuban leader are not in the Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed Monument but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3134,"featured_media":80883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13908],"tags":[96],"ppma_author":[33546,8689],"class_list":["post-80863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-cuba","tag-fidel-castro"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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