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Cuban Revolution and early revolutionary consolidation (1953–1965)

Cuban Revolution and early revolutionary consolidation (1953–1965)

  1. Moncada Barracks attack launches new insurgency

    Labels: Moncada Barracks, Fidel Castro

  2. Castro delivers "History Will Absolve Me" defense

    Labels: Fidel Castro, Courtroom Speech

  3. Amnesty frees Moncada prisoners, enabling exile organizing

    Labels: Amnesty 1955, Fidel Castro

  4. Granma lands; guerrilla war begins in Sierra Maestra

    Labels: Granma, Sierra Maestra

  5. Batista’s summer offensive fails to crush rebels

    Labels: Operation Verano, Batista government

  6. Rebels win Santa Clara as Batista regime collapses

    Labels: Santa Clara, Revolutionary Forces

  7. Batista flees Cuba; revolutionary government takes power

    Labels: Fulgencio Batista, Revolutionary Government

  8. Escambray rebellion begins armed resistance to new regime

    Labels: Escambray, Counterrevolutionaries

  9. First Agrarian Reform Law restructures land ownership

    Labels: Agrarian Reform, Land Reform

  10. Bay of Pigs invasion fails, strengthening Castro’s position

    Labels: Bay of, Cuban Exiles

  11. National Literacy Campaign ends; Cuba declares victory over illiteracy

    Labels: Literacy Campaign, Mass Mobilization

  12. OAS suspends Cuba’s government from participation

    Labels: Organization of, Punta del

  13. U.S. trade embargo proclaimed, tightening U.S.–Cuba conflict

    Labels: U S, John F

  14. Cuban Missile Crisis brings superpowers to brink

    Labels: Cuban Missile, Soviet Union

  15. Communist Party of Cuba formed, formalizing one-party rule

    Labels: Communist Party, One-party State