Cuba organized its major annual commemoration July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This underscores 73 years in the wake of the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was missing.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel talked about the U.S. government in his speech.
He claimed Washington tried to wipe out Cuba and occupy it.
Citizens in Havana made arrangements for the ceremonies.
They did this nevertheless with acute water shortages, caused by persistent power shortages.