Fidel Castro's legacy is alive in Cuban children.

It might seem easy to speak of Fidel on his centennial; however, what constitutes his most tangible legacy, the Cuban Revolution, survives today amidst a colossal crisis and an economic situation with no short-term remedy.

Silvia del Rosario Gisbert Carreño, vice president of the Aclifim in Las Tunas.

Silvia del Rosario Gisbert Carreño is one of those people willing to help others face life with a higher quality. Today she is vice president of the Cuban Association of People with Physical-Motor Disabilities (Aclifim, in Spanish) in the province, but she has worked in various places performing different tasks, and she has put all of them into it.

Posthumous tribute in Las Tunas to Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés.

When I shook his hand on that only occasion, I realized it would be the closest I would ever have been to the generation that literally made the Revolution, because Commander Ramiro Valdés Menéndez was no ordinary man. Now, with his passing, we lose one of the most committed soldiers of the nation.

Fidel's first visit to Las Tunas.

  • As part of his personal efforts to lead various tasks, the Commander in Chief always paid special attention to the sugar harvest, visiting production processes and agro-industrial companies.

Anabella and Ana Iris laugh happily

Still surrounded by balloons, laughter, and the joyful bustle of a celebration for children with Down syndrome, Ana Iris Vega doesn’t seem like a woman who has gone through difficult times. She speaks calmly, with a gentle smile, and that serenity is found only in mothers who have learned to be strong from a very young age.