Cuba organized its major annual commemoration July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This underscores 73 years following the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was away.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel commented on the U.S. government during the ceremony.
He claimed Washington sought to devastate Cuba and occupy it.
Citizens in Havana got ready for the ceremonies.
They did this still with severe water shortages, caused by persistent power shortages.