Cuba's President Raul Castro (L) walks next to Cuba's Revolution Commander and Vice President Ramiro Valdez during a wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of 19th century Cuban independence hero Jose Marti in Santiago de Cuba July 26, 2013. Cuban President Raul Castro assured his people on Friday that a transfer of power to younger generations had begun, in a televised address marking the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution. Castro spoke in the city of Santiago in eastern Cuba, where on July 26, 1953, the young Castro and a group of rebels, led by his brother Fidel, attacked the Moncada military barracks in a failed assault that sparked the movement that eventually toppled the U.S.-backed government of dictator Fulgencio Batista on Jan. 1, 1959. At the time of the attack, Raul Castro was 22 and Fidel Castro 27. REUTERS/Alejandro Ernesto/Pool (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY)