1971. The Commander of Chief Fidel Castro in the port of Havana  gives a speech at the reception for the 4 fishermen unjustly detained and later sanctioned by United States courts.

About this he exposes: ... grant them the right to arrest our fishermen in international waters and judge them unilaterally by a jury that must be an imperialist, racist, exploitative jury? What can you expect from a jury in Miami, gentlemen? What kind of justice can be expected? If a lawyer was actually appointed there, it was for contact with the fishermen, to guide them, and to make them see that the town was taking care of them. But no trust in any Yankee jury or judge.

Fidel also detailed: “Those who fight and work for the people, have a people, and the people will defend them in any circumstance and at any price, be it one or a thousand! This is not measured by numbers. Morality is not measured by quantity: it is qualitative; principles are not measured by fractions: they are also qualitative and are a whole. We will defend the rights of one hundred fishermen, of ten fishermen, of one fisherman, at whatever price is necessary!”

2011. Manuel Hilario Galbán Torralbas dies in Havana. He was 80 years old.

This outstanding Cuban musician was guitarist and musical director of the famous vocal group Los Zafiros, which was created in 1962.

Its members were four singers and an accompanying guitarist. His music was made up of different modalities, among others, ballads, calypso, bossa nova and rock.

Their first recording was made in December 1963. They achieved great popularity both in Cuba and internationally.

Years later Manuel Galbán was also director of the Batey group and finally guitarist of the Buena Vista Social Club Orchestra.

That group brought together a group of legendary Cuban musicians who cultivated the son in the years between 1930 and 1950.

They came together in 1996 fundamentally to record and make international presentations that transcended with the obtaining of a Grammy and the Oscar nomination for the film Buena Vista Social Club.

At that stage, he also had musical exchanges with the American guitarist Ry Cooder, and from that relationship came the album "Mambo Sinuendo", which won the Latin Grammy Award in the category of best instrumental pop album in 2003.

Manuel Galbán was born on January 14, 1931 in the city of Gibara, in the province of Oriente.