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Cuba puts on show of strength

Cuba parades troops and hundreds of thousands of citizens to mark the 60th anniversary of the landing of the Granma yacht, which brought the Castro brothers and their rebels from Mexico to Cuba to start their revolution against a U.S.-backed dictatorship.

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Cuba puts on show of strength

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  1. Cuba puts on show of strength

  2. People walk with a pennant that understands "We are all Fidel". Cuba paraded troops and countless subjects through its symbolic Revolution Square on Monday in a conventional show of patriot battling soul despite soak monetary and conciliatory difficulties. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  3. Soldiers walk to check the Armed Forces Day and honor the arrival of the yacht Granma. Troops employing programmed rifles walked in bolt venture behind a copy of the Granma on Monday, trailed by an ocean of pennant and banner waving Cubans, many transported in and composed through their working environments and neighborhoods. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  4. Soldiers shoot firearm salutes before the parade. "This is an imperative message of solidarity and quality," said Rene Lazo, 66, who, as most, got up well before the break of day to partake in the parade. "This will be a troublesome year however we will continue endeavoring to bring our kin advances." REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Pool

  5. Cuba's President Raul Castro waves together with Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura (L), General Guillermo Garcia (3rdR) and Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdes (2ndR) as they watch the walk. Socialist ruled Cuba fell into a financial retreat in the second 50% of a year ago, its first since the crumple of the Soviet Union a quarter century prior, as its key partner Venezuela floundered.

  6. An picture of Fidel Castro with the Granma yacht swings from the National Library amid the walk (not imagined). This is occurring as Cuba is additionally dealing with the loss of its progressive pioneer, Fidel Castro. While "El Comandante" had given the administration over to his more youthful sibling Raul in 2008, he remained a key nonentity. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Pool

  7. Soldiers walk to check the Armed Forces Day and celebrate the arrival of the yacht Granma. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  8. A reproduction of the Granma yacht goes by amid the walk. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Pool

  9. People walk to check the Armed Forces Day and celebrate the arrival of the yacht Granma. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  10. People plan to walk. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Pool

  11. An picture of Cuba's President Raul Castro is seen on a screen before the walk. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  12. Soldiers walk to stamp the Armed Forces Day and celebrate the arrival of the yacht Granma. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  13. A copy of the Granma yacht cruises by. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Pool

  14. Soldiers walk to stamp the Armed Forces Day and remember the arrival of the yacht Granma. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  15. Soldiers walk to stamp the military day and celebrate the arrival of the yacht Granma. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

  16. A reproduction of the Granma yacht goes by amid a walk to stamp the Armed Forces Day and celebrate the arrival of the Granma, which brought the Castro siblings, Ernesto "Che" Guevara and others from Mexico to Cuba to begin the insurgency in 1959, in Havana, Cuba. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Pool

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