Faced with the danger of an imminent armed invasion of Cuba, the 15th of April 1961 was marked by criminal bombing attacks on the airports of San Antonio de los Baños, Ciudad Libertad and Santiago de Cuba, carried out by American planes coming from Guatemala; seven died, among them young Eduardo García Delgado who, before dying, wrote the name of the leader of the Revolution in his own blood: Fidel.
Assembly of the United Party of the Socialist Revolution of Cuba for Pinar del Rio, Havana and Matanzas held in Havana City.
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the signing of agreements between Venezuela and Cuba for the implementation of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) and the incorporation of Bolivia.
He decorates Juan Miguel Gonzalez, father of Elian Gonzalez, with the "Carlos Manuel de Cespedes" National Order of Merit, one of the highest decorations awarded by the Republic of Cuba, created in honor of president and liberator Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. This reward is given for services rendered to the country to nationals or foreign persons in the exercise of diplomatic or consular duties, special missions, international conferences and congresses and distinguished services to Cuba and humanity.
Accompanying delegates at the Third Pioneer Congress held July 8th to 10th, 2001.
At the dedication of the Lenin Hospital in Holguin.
Fidel with a group of Vietnamese during a visit he paid to that sister nation.
Attending the funeral of the victims of the explosion of "La Coubre" steamship in the Colon Cemetery in Havana where, in a vibrant speech, he denounced the role of the U.S. government. It is the first time he utters the slogan "Patria o Muerte."