Cuba conducted its big annual observance July 26 event in Santiago de Cuba.
This signifies 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 tried to devastate Cuba and seize it.
Citizens in Havana readied for the ceremonies.
They did this still with acute water problems, caused by chronic power shortages.