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Cuba’s forgotten hero: Hatuey
As Cubans mark July 26 as the day the revolution began – and a national holiday – STEVEN WALKER remembers an earlier fighter for liberation, whose face is to be found on beer bottles and cigar packets today
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CUBA and many other countries will mark July 26 as a signature moment in revolutionary history, when Fidel Castro and his band of guerillas landed on the island in 1953 to begin their campaign to overthrow the US-backed Batista dictatorship and finally liberate Cuba six years later.
Cuban heroes mentioned in modern histories tend to reference Jose Marti as one of the most significant original fighters against colonial occupation by Spanish imperialist forces.
He was an intellectual and revolutionary figure helping garner support for Cuban independence.
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