In the 1960s, the Cuban revolutionary song "Beautiful Havana" was once popular all over the world and was sung by many people, but few people know that this song full of Cuban style is actually a Chinese song, it is a classic song created by our musicians to support the Cuban Revolution, when the brisk melody sounds, have you been brought into that long time, where there are simple and enthusiastic Cuban people, magnificent revolutionary history, and the heroic Castro brothers, the legendary Che Guevara.
Havana, Cuba
▼ The Castro brothers and Che Guevara meet in distress
Speaking of the revolutionary struggle in Cuba, it is necessary to say that the legendary Castro brothers and Che Guevara, known as the "Red Robin Hood", are both leaders of the Cuban Revolution.
About the Castro brothers, the first thing that you may think of is Raul Castro, who loves Chinese food and sings the Chinese "Oriental Red", Raúl Castro was born in a relatively wealthy family in Cuba, because his facial contours are very similar to the Orientals, the family gave him a nickname: "Chinese", and the good family environment made Raul Castro's childhood carefree.
Raul Castro received a good education from an early age, he studied at the University of Havana, joined the Socialist Youth League in 1953, showed revolutionary potential from an early age, set up lofty ideals, and in the 1950s he visited all the socialist countries of Eastern Europe.
Raul Castro
In the 1930s, the Cuban authorities were deeply influenced by the United States, controlled by the United States, the Cuban people protested, Raul Castro's brother Fidel Castro wanted to change the status quo in Cuba and bring a new beginning to Cuba, as a prominent young leader, he decided to enter the political arena and further improve his voice, Fidel Castro's revolutionary blood is burning.
In 1953, the Castro brothers responded to the people's call for an armed uprising, but the uprising ended in failure, and the Castro brothers were arrested and imprisoned for two years. Released from prison, the Castro brothers decided to regroup and start over, and on their way to Mexico they met an Argentine doctor, Che Guevara, who was also a close friend of their life.
Che Guevara came from a well-known family, grew up in a privileged family and loved medicine, and after graduation he was actively involved in the revolutionary struggle in Latin America, but Che Guevara soon realized that if he wanted to change society, he could only see a doctor and save people, but only to initiate change. When Che Guevara first met the Castro brothers, he was overwhelmed by their revolutionary enthusiasm, and even had a feeling of seeing each other and hating each other, so he soon joined the castro brothers, who united the revolutionary youth together for the great cause of the revolution, and all three of them were fighting for their ideals and beliefs.
▼ "Outstanding Leader" Fidel Castro
In the long period of experience, Fidel Castro has accumulated a wealth of experience, which has made his position in the hearts of the masses higher and higher, as if he has grown into an excellent leader, he firmly safeguards the national interests of Cuba, and always makes unremitting efforts to transform Cuba into a socialist country, because this is his ideal, and the ideal has been established as early as a young age, deeply rooted, and the Castro brothers seem to have a feeling of worrying about the country and the people.
The Castro brothers
Fidel Castro is more calm and stable than his younger brother, he loves to read since childhood, independent of thought, he is the best brother in Raul's heart, Fidel likes to study all kinds of ideological books the most, and draws knowledge from the ideas of pioneers, he was admitted to the law department of the University of Havana in 1945, with excellent results and amazing debate eloquence once became the university of Havana's prominent figure, which also laid a good foundation for his later political career.
Fidel Castro's outstanding leadership and oratory abilities have built him to a high degree of prestige among the Cuban masses. In 1959, under the guidance of Fidel Castro, the rebel army won a great victory, the Cuban people cheered, and they had ushered in the spring of reform. As the saying goes, "He who wins the hearts and minds of the people wins the world", Fidel is deeply loved by the Cuban people for his outstanding military achievements, and his immortal deeds have made him the new leader of Cuba.
▼ "Pioneer of Battle" Raul Castro
In the Cuban revolutionary struggle, Raúl Castro was always used to hiding behind the scenes, and his brother Fidel Castro always stood before the people as a leader, and then no one can deny the talent and contribution of Raúl Castro, who is also one of the important leaders of Cuba. In the Cuban revolutionary struggle, the tacit cooperation of the Castro brothers has made countless enemies feel frightened, and if Fidel Castro is a remarkable leader, then Raúl Castro is a natural warrior, as can be seen from the leading soldiers in the battlefield.
In the battle with the enemy in 1958, as an excellent guerrilla leader, Raul Castro, in order to better resist the enemy, he shifted his position, paid attention to the strength of the peasant masses, and opened up a second front from the broad peasant masses. In Che Guevara's memoirs, he spoke highly of the second front led by Raúl Castro, who had a great strategic talent, who had read extensively and carefully studied China's On Protracted War.
Raúl Castro is resourceful on the battlefield, and also faces a knife and blood shadow in the political arena, his brother Fidel Castro suffered many assassinations when he first became the leader of Cuba, it is Raúl Castro who has always stood silently behind his brother, doing his best to protect his brother, so that all conspiracies and tricks can be eliminated, it can be said that Fidel Castro can survive 638 assassinations, known as "a beard that is not afraid, cannot be crushed, and cannot be defeated", and the younger brother Raúl Castro is indispensable.
▼ "Red Robin Hood" Che Guevara
Like the Castro brothers, Che Guevara carries equally high weight in the hearts of the Cuban people, and he is one of the important leaders of the Cuban revolution, and because of his charisma and noble character, his popularity even overshadows Fidel Castro for a time and is deeply loved by the Cuban people. Che Guevara was officially granted Cuban citizenship in 1959 and contributed to Cuba's economic development by holding important positions in his political career.
"Red Robin Hood" Che Guevara
However, Che Guevara was an idealist, and after the political stabilization of Cuba, he hoped that the fruits of Cuba's victory would also be used as a reference for other countries, so he continued to devote himself to the cause of promoting socialist revolution. In 1965, he was unfortunately arrested and executed while traveling to Bolivia to preach the revolution. The death of Che Guevara has saddened the Castro brothers and immersed countless Cuban people, but his revolutionary ideas and spirit have spread throughout Latin America and other third world countries, and many historians have called him "Red Robin Hood", and the Cuban government has held a solemn funeral for him.
At the end of the funeral, Fidel Castro personally lit the lamp in front of Guevara's spirit, and could not help but remember that Che Guevara had written the following passage to Fidel before he left Cuba for guerrilla warfare: "If one day under another sky, my death is coming, then the last thing I care about is you and the Cuban people." The friendship between Che Guevara and the Castro brothers was sincere and pure.
The Castro brothers and Che Guevara have always been legendary leaders in the history of the Cuban revolution, and their revolutionary ideas and revolutionary ideas have become the navigator for the Cuban people to move forward.
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