by the organization of the american stated thatidel behind the nation, behind the behind theedom, peopleion, there is a thatare rate to defend -- are ready to defend their independence and a free latin america. i was together with fidel at that ministry of revolutionary armed forces when we heard about ship.plosion of a french the first and only weapons we could procure in europe. we left from here to the dock because we knew that only that explosion could have originated from the ship that we were unloading with it these weapons. ,e went to help the victims when a few minutes after we we saw, almost as a deadly trap, a second explosion. these events led to the deaths of 101 people and numerous injured victims. for here, with him. a country freea in december 1961, with the conclusion of the ledracy campaign that was by more than 250,000 teachers and students. it continued forward. in the meantime, during that rebel army and the newly created national revolutionary militias engaged in combat with mercenaries in the bay of pigs. areasn the mountainous bands ofrmed infiltrators a came from out