Cuba staged its key annual celebration July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This highlights 73 years following the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was not present.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the U.S. government during the ceremony.
He claimed Washington sought to devastate Cuba and take its land.
Locals in Havana got ready for the ceremonies.
They did this still with acute water issues, caused by ongoing power shortages.