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Portraits of the Cuban revolution: the voice of an ex-combatant January 1, 2019 will mark the 60th anniversary of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power. AFPTV interviews four Cubans: an ex-combatant, an athlete, an opponent and a doctor, each representing one facet of the socialist island. Portrait of Alejandro Ferras Pellicer, the oldest of a group of 100 rebels who joined Fidel Castro in an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago in July 1953, an operation widely considered to have launched the Cuban revolution. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES