Organizers expect a bigger turnout than the annual July 26 mobilizations, marching to the former U.S. embassy on the 73rd Moncada anniversary.

This article by Iván Evair Saldaña and Jessica Xantomila originally appeared in the July 24, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Social organizations expect this Sunday’s march in defense of Cuba in Mexico City to be massive, with a turnout larger than that of the mobilizations held every July 26 for decades, to protest mainly the hardening of Donald Trump’s government policy against the island and Washington’s measures directed at other countries and progressive movements.

Olivia Garza Joa, vice president of the José Martí Association of Cubans Residing in Mexico, explained that for more than a month, Cuba solidarity organizations, social movements, urban and popular collectives, unions, parties, and other groups met to organize a united march.

“We ask that they join in the defense of Cuba in the face of the imminent danger of a military invasion. Also, for the sovereignty, independence, and self-determination of all of our America,” she told La Jornada.

The march, which commemorates the 73rd anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks, led by Fidel Castro in 1953, also seeks to raise awareness about the actions of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who aims to “counteract every progressive or social movement.”

She added: “We think we have to stay alert and start mobilizing people.”

She detailed that the march will have an anti-imperialist character and will express rejection of measures such as the tariffs imposed on Brazil and “the fraud of the elections in Peru and Colombia,” as well as other Washington actions in Latin America.

They Will Depart from the Hemiciclo

The mobilization will depart at 10:30 a.m. from the Hemiciclo a Juárez heading to the former United States embassy. At the end, a single statement, agreed upon by the participating organizations to express a common position, will be read.

The event will include the participation of some artists, although the main objective will be to establish a political position in defense of Cuba and of Latin America’s sovereignty, she stressed.

“We managed to put support for Cuba above the ideological differences that sometimes exist with some organizations,” she noted.

In addition to the march, various political and cultural commemorative events, such as exhibitions and discussion panels, are also being held in Mexico City and other states.

This anniversary has particular importance at a time when the United States blockade against the island has intensified.

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