Cuba conducted its key annual observance July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This highlights 73 years following the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was away.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the U.S. government in his speech.
He claimed Washington attempted to wipe out Cuba and take its land.
Citizens in Havana made arrangements for the ceremonies.
They did this nevertheless with acute water shortages, caused by ongoing power shortages.