The Communist Party daily Granma compared Elian with revolutionary icon Ernesto  Che  Guevara and said the boy  has been converted forever into a symbol of the crimes and injustices that imperialism is capable of committing against an innocent.  The commemorations were similar to those held here annually for Marti, the revolutionary and poet who (fought) for Cuba's independence from Spain in 1898.  
 Verb: fought
No