Cuba remembers the explosion in Havana of the French ship La Coubre 64 years ago today, as a result of a terrorist attack that caused the death of a hundred people and hundreds of wounded.
The ship arrived in the Cuban capital with weapons and ammunition acquired in Western Europe by the nascent Revolution for its defense against the increasing aggressions from the United States.
In its determination to liquidate the process of transformations initiated on January 1, 1959 on the island, the US government stimulated internal subversion through covert actions by the Central Intelligence Agency and threats of aggressions that materialized a year later.
The first explosion, which occurred while the ship was being unloaded, was followed by another which also hit the people who came to the aid of those affected.
The day after the events, on March 5, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro showed evidence of the US government’s involvement in the crime and pronounced for the first time the phrase “Homeland or Death”
