Girón
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THE FACT THAT PROVIDED US WITH UNIVERSAL STATURE.
"The deed of Girón" has been the most studied and widespread historical event in the Cienaga de Zapata. It transcended beyond the forests and homeland, to become a symbol of victory, courage, patriotism and optimism of the peoples of the world. When they mention the word Girón at any latitude, it is bitter, contrary and reminds the arrogant Yankee imperialists. It also highlights how vital unity, identity, history and possessing honest leaders committed to their homeland are to a people, which in this case was decisive in the combative morale of the militia army that in 64 hours dealt the first great defeat of Yankee imperialism in the western hemisphere.
The legendary image of the Victory Tank with the Commander-in-Chief on it - as a Mambí rider - has traveled the world; for this reason the shield of the great wetland perpetuated the sacred image, bearing it on the upper part with the rising sun that illuminates the green foliage and preserves the glorious beam of January 1, 1959.
The grandparents from Cenaguer remember how ... "at 2:30 am on April 17, 1961, a mercenary brigade made up of 1,428 men began to land on the coast of our beloved swamp, from Puerto Cabezas (Nicaragua), recruited armed, directed and paid by the imperialist government of the United States of North America They formed that "famous phalanx": landowners, lieutenants, war criminals, ex-military, merchants, industrialists, fugitives from revolutionary justice, traitors and lumpen proletarians.