Revolutionary Words, Iconic Site: Hasta Victoria Siempre in Santa Clara

            History was made at this site on December 29, 1958, when Ernesto 'Che' Guevara and a band of 18 rifle-wielding revolutionaries barely out of their teens derailed an armored train using a borrowed bulldozer and homemade Molotov cocktails. The battle lasted 90 minutes and improbably pulled the rug out from under the Batista dictatorship, ushering in 50 years of Fidel Castro. Even if you can't stand the Argentine guerrilla for whom many reserve an almost religious reverence, or like us, if your are not convinced of the ultimate success of the Cuban revolution there's poignancy in the vast square that spans both sides of a wide avenue, guarded by a bronze statue of El Che atop a 16m-high pedestal – Santa Clara, Cuba.
   

Taken on: February 27, 2018

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