Cuba conducted its key annual celebration July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This highlights 73 years following the 1953 Moncada Barracks attack.
Raúl Castro was missing.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the U.S. government in his speech.
He claimed Washington sought to destroy Cuba and occupy it.
Residents in Havana readied for the ceremonies.
They did this despite this with serious water shortages, caused by chronic power shortages.