ASSOCIATION OF COMBATANTS OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION
What is the ACRC?
Founded on December 7, 1993, it is the fruit of the struggles of our people to achieve the objectives of social justice, freedom and independence of those who sowed the seed of the nation by marching to the jungle to win independence, of which they let themselves be crushed by the frustration that the Yankee intervention brought and they continued fighting for the unreached ideals, of those that incorporated into the battle the formidable weapon of Marxism-Leninism and its objectives of social justice, of those that fought, in the mountains or in the streets, the last stage of the war of national liberation, and of the millions of Cubans who since 1959 have turned the revolution into the flesh and soul of the people.
The Founding President was the Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida Bosque.
It is a self-financed social organization, with its own legal personality, voluntarily integrated by combatants with the right to belong to it and its operation is based on the use of activism.
Its raison d'être is to unconditionally defend the revolution, in all fields through the active participation of its members in the political and ideological struggle and in the tasks of armed defense and internal order, the development of patriotic education, military and internationalist among the combatants, their families and the population, especially with youth and children, the strengthening of unity among the associates around the Party and the Revolution; as well as supporting our associates with greater age, health, economic and social difficulties in the efforts to solve their problems.
The ACRC is assisted by the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and maintains working relationships with political, mass and social organizations and institutions, as well as with related international homologous organizations.
Who integrates it?
Cuban citizens who maintain moral and political conduct in accordance with the principles of the Revolution and Socialism and who are duly recognized as combatants of:
- Rebel Army
- Clandestine fight
- Girón Beach.
- Fight against Bandits.
- Internationalists
- Members of the FAR and the Minint, with 10 or more years of service, active, retired or pensioned.
- Fathers of fallen in the defense of the Revolution.
- Decorated by the Council of State for acts of courage and heroism.
- Founders of the Batallón de la Frontera with the North American Naval Base of Guantánamo.
- The 15 women responsible for militias of the first course of lieutenants of the Revolutionary National Militias.
- Reservists of the FAR and MININT who have completed 15 or more years of service in these institutions or the sum of both.
ACRC Members of Honor may be Cuban or foreign personalities, as well as members of related organizations in other countries, of recognized prestige and who maintain an outstanding attitude in the defense of the Cuban Revolution, which will be approved by the National Directorate.
How is it structured?
It is structured on the basis of the territorial principle (nation, provinces, municipalities, popular councils, circumscriptions) and, in order to fulfill its missions and functions, it has basic bodies, organizations and associations.
The organs are the conferences that are held every five years at the levels of municipalities, provinces and Nation.
The National Conference is the supreme organ of the ACRC. The agencies are the national, provincial and municipal directorates elected to lead the Association between one conference and another. The National Directorate is the highest management body among national conferences.
The municipalities of Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey due to their size and for their better functioning and management have districts
The municipal (district) directorates are supported by working groups created in the territories of the popular councils, as auxiliary bodies to facilitate the management of grassroots associations.
The Base Association is the support of the organizational and functional structure of the ACRC and is created as a rule in the demarcation of a constituency.
How is it identified?
The ACRC is officially identified with a logo, a distinctive seal and an accreditation card. The logo has as its central figure the Lieutenant General Antonio Maceo Grajales, in golden color and a white background, on horseback, summoning with his left arm and open hand, all the patriots to the united and continuous combat in defense of the Cuban Revolution. On the left, there are five horizontal stripes: three blue and two white, thus representing the colors of the national flag.
How is it self-financed?
The income comes from the annual contribution of its members, donations from the combatants themselves or from other persons, organizations and institutions that wish to cooperate and the popular recreational shooting that the Association performs as a recreational option for the population.
How do you enter the ACRC?
The person interested in entering requests it to the base association of his place of residence by presenting the document that accredits him with the right. It is submitted for approval at the meeting of the grassroots association and is raised to the executive of the municipal administration. Once approved, the interested party is informed of the meeting.
How is it linked to organizations, organizations and institutions?
Maintains working relationships through plans of joint activities or coordination of activities aimed at ensuring comprehensiveness and avoiding dispersion in the work of patriotic, military and internationalist education of our people and especially in the new generations contributing combatants their historical role in the different stages of the revolutionary struggle, the spirit of firmness and the security in the victory before whatever the challenges we have ahead.
