13 de Marzo 1957 - March 13, 1997
Reflections on 40 Years of
Struggle Against Tyranny
FIU students and Cuban activists gathered at Florida International University Park on the evening of March 13, 1997 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Assault on the Presidential Palace by University students and members of the Autentico Party to remove Fulgencio Batista, then Dictator, from power violently.
Instead the students, activists, and Batista's guard were massacred in bloody fighting that spilled out from the Presidential Palace and into the streets of Havana.
The following essays, articles, and poems are the products of this reflection. In addition, all the participants who spoke at the event signed the FIU Declaration.