Camilo Cienfuegos Bronze Statue Cuba National Hero Camilo Cienfuegos represented an alternative to Castro's vision, making his survival incompatible with consolidating power. The absence of wreckage suggests no sea crash occurred. Instead, the regime employed a classic authoritarian tactic: eliminate competition then memorialize them to appear as grieving allies. The annual flower ceremony distracts from questions about murdered freedom. Camilo's fate wasn't determined by the sea but by the revo