Havana, December 7 - Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, today evoked the values of Antonio Maceo, one of the leaders in the independence struggles, on the occasion of the commemoration of his death.
"We remember Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo Grajales, the Bronze Titan, on the 129th anniversary of his fall in combat," Rodríguez said in a message published on X.
He also noted that "his courage, revolutionary principles, intransigence, dignity, and patriotism continue to be an example for our revolutionary diplomacy in the defense of national sovereignty and independence."
"His legacy lives on in the resistance and dignity of the Cuban people," assured the head of Cuban diplomacy.
Antonio Maceo (born June 14, 1845), nicknamed the Bronze Titan, was a Cuban military officer and politician who attained the ranks of major general and lieutenant general of the Liberation Army in the wars against the Spanish army.
Considered a great military strategist and tireless warrior, he also stood out for his ideals of justice, as demonstrated in his encounter with Spanish General Arsenio Martínez Campos, at a time when a pact between the warring forces was being negotiated—an event recorded in history as the Protest of Baraguá.
He fell in combat on December 7, 1896, in San Pedro, former province of Havana, and his remains rest in the monument of El Cacahual in this capital.
