Ramiro Valdes participated in all of the keystone moments of the Caribbean nation’s fight to topple the US-backed Batista dictatorship
Cuban revolutionary commander Ramiro Valdes Menendez, a figure revered in the island nation as a hero who fought alongside Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, has passed away at the age of 94.
In an X post on Sunday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Valdes’ death “hurt deeply, like that of a father.”
“Every act in Commander Ramiro’s life was marked by his absolute loyalty to the leadership of Fidel and Raul [Castro], to his fellow fighters, and to the Moncada Program,” he said, referring to the political and…
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