HAVANA, Nov. 26 -- Cuba marked on Saturday the first anniversary of the death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, with massive political and cultural events, as part of the weeklong commemoration across the Caribbean island country he had led for 48 years.
At the University of Havana where Fidel Castro "became revolutionary," according to his own words, thousands of people attended a public gathering chaired by the First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel and Jose Machado, second secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.
The speakers and attendees recalled with songs and poems the exemplary life and work of the man who defied dangerously in his youth the dictatorship of former strongman Fulgencio Batista and later the enmity of 10 U.S. administrations.
"Where is Fidel?" yelled the speakers, before being replied "Here!" by the crowd carrying portraits of Fidel and the legendary Argentine-Cuban commander Ernesto "Che" Guevara, among other historic revolutionary fighters and the national flag.
The songs and speeches were accompanied by videos and photos on big screens showing relevant moments of Castro's life linked to the history of the socialist revolution he initiated and led for almost half a century.
"I am Fidel," the national slogan that came up naturally among Cubans after his death, was frequently repeated in chorus by the attendees during the gala at the university.
"I came to pay my tribute to the unforgettable leader who guided us to achieve independence and sovereignty. I am too young and I did not live the previous decades when he kept active in the country, but I have learned from my parents a lot about his life," Dalila Nunez, a 19-year-old student at the Sports University, told Xinhua.
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