Luanda — The Angolan League of Friendship and Solidarity with Peoples (LAASP) congratulated on Wednesday in a message sent to Angop the Cuban government and people on their 60th anniversary of assault on Moncada barracks, to be marked on 26 July.

According to a press note from LAASP, this day marks without any doubt the victory of the Cuban revolution and it projects for ever the intransigent love for his motherland and ideals of José Martí, Fidel Castro and everyone that sacrificed their lives for the victory of the revolution.

Quoting the Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, the document refers that the Cuban revolution is Martí's victory, as well as deeds of Fidel, Cuban people and the martyrs... ".

In the note, LAASP expressively salute the day and wishes it continues to be the bulwark of solidarity and friendship of all people that love peace and development.

The Moncada Barracks was a military barracks in Santiago de Cuba, named after General Guillermón Moncada, a hero of the War of Independence. On July 26, 1953, the barracks was the site of an armed attack by a small group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro.

This armed attack is widely accepted as the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. The date on which the attack took place, July 26, was adopted by Castro as the name for his revolutionary movement (Movimiento 26 Julio or M 26-7) which eventually toppled the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959.