Raúl Castro and Díaz-Canel participated in the Torch March in Havana

The governor Miguel Diaz-Canel and the Army General Raul Castro Ruz They presided over the Torch March in Havana on Thursday, in which thousands of people marched despite the spike in coronavirus cases in the city.

Without taking into account the health situation that the country is going through after the arrival of the omicron variant of the virus, the government decided to hold the traditional march in tribute to the birth of José Martí, which will be celebrated this Friday, January 28.

Photos shared on social networks show Raúl Castro with his grandson and bodyguard Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, alias "El Cangrejo", and Díaz-Canel with his security chief, his stepson Manolito.

According to the report from the official portal CubadebateAt 8:13 at night the participants, carrying their torches, descended the steps of the University of Havana and walked along San Lázaro Street to the Fragua Martiana.

As usually happens in this type of gathering, the crowd paraded singing and shouting revolutionary slogans. When they arrived at the Forge they placed flowers to the Apostle.

In the midst of a health context marked by a new outbreak of the virus, the regime decided to dedicate the event to Cuban science "and to the feat it has achieved so that each one of us and the country continues to be saved from COVID-19."

For his part, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero was sent to participate in the Torch March in Pinar del Río.

"The young Cubans, with their torches, illuminate this Cuba of ours where Martí always lives," the user Presidency of Cuba expressed on his Twitter account.

The regime does not give up this parade despite the adverse circumstances.

This is what happened in 2019, when the day before the march a tornado passed through several municipalities of the capital, where it left people dead and injured and damaged hundreds of houses, and despite this the demonstration took place in a festive atmosphere.

"Marching for Martí is marching for Cuba. Also for the victims of the tornado. We came down from the stairs with our spirits more willing and more united, so that the battered neighborhoods can be rebuilt with the collaboration of everyone," Díaz-Canel then justified on his Twitter account.