HAVANA, Cuba.-  (ACN) Important details on the historic uprising that occurred in Cuba on February 24th, 1895 were remembered in the eastern city of Bayamo on the occasion of the 122nd anniversary of the reinitiating of the wars of independence against Spanish colonialism.

The President of the National Historians Association in Granma province, Aldo Daniel Naranjo pointed out that the uprising were ordered by Jose Marti who was the leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Party at the time and Maximo Gomez, General of the Liberation Army.

The new war, he said was the continuation of the one which began in 1868;several ircumstances had changed at the time but the country continued under Spanish domination.

Among the important changes, he mentioned the abolition of slavery, decreed by Spain in 1886 and which was the result of the Guerra Grande (Big War 1868-1878) that constituted a basic objective of the independence leaders since the beginning of the struggle, which was clearly stated in the Protesta de Baragua.

The Historian added that Generals Guillermon Moncada and Bartolome Maso were representatives of the Cuban Revolutionary Party in the former province of Oriente and also head military leaders in the region.

Maso led, said Naranjo, the areas which are currently the provinces of Granma, Tunas and Holguin and programmed an armed uprising for October 10^th 1894 but intense rain stopped the action.

When Marti learned of the attempt, he realized that the Cauto region was ready for the new struggle; he accelerated the so-called La Fernandina Plan and after its failure, he did not stop, he continued its preparations and ordered the uprising, said the researcher.

Naranjo said that he revolt was only massive and effective in Oriente and mentioned 14 points in the current Granma province where patriots rebelled 122 years ago.

When Bayate, in the municipality of Manzanillo, revolted, Maso announced a proclamation directed to the Cuban people and another to the Spaniards that contained the principles expressed by Jose Marti and Maximo Gomez in the Montecristi Manifest, he said.

The Spanish authority only referred to the uprising in Baire to attempt to hide the magnitude of the revolt in Oriente, in addition to calling the struggle a civil war instead of independence war as they did in 1868, said the Cuban historian.

Naranjo urged to study in details the so-called Tregue Fecunda (1878-1895) in the eastern region and the events of the Guerra Necesaria (Necessary War 1895-1898) in which the Cuban people once again demonstrated its patriotism and elevated moral principles.

Jose Marti taught the anti-imperialist character of the struggle, he said.

Naranjo’s conference inaugurated the annual meeting of the Historian’s office in Granma whose debates concludes on Friday in the city of Bayamo.

Students from the Ruben Bravo Pedagogical School and young combatants from the Ministry of Interior were present in the event.

Many sites of the province where the historic events occurred will remember February 24th, 1895.