Perfecto ROMERO - Photo - Che Guevara and Fidel Castro

Perfecto ROMERO (born 1936), Cuban photographer
La Coubre, Havana (March 5, 1960)

Late photo, silver, 26.5 x 32.8 cm, signed on the lower margin by the photographer.

Memorial march for the victims of the Coubre Explosion of March 5, 1960 in Havana. From left to right: Fidel Castro, Osvaldo Dorticós, Che Guevara, Regino Boti, Augusto Martínez, Antonio Núñez, William Alexander Morgan and Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo.

The attack took place on March 4, 1960, in the port of Havana. The French cargo ship, La Courbe, which was carrying Belgian munitions to the revolutionaries, exploded twice. There were around a hundred dead and injured. The attack was blamed by the Cuban government on the United States, which then put pressure on European governments to establish an embargo on the arms trade with Cuba. The next day, a commemorative march took place, the procession included Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.

Perfecto Romero (born in 1936), one of the most emblematic photographers of the Cuban Revolution like Alberto Korda, famous for his photos of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro

Dimensions :
- Height : 26,5 cm
- Width : 32,8 cm