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Cuban Revolution and Early Socialist Transformation (1953–1965)

Cuban Revolution and Early Socialist Transformation (1953–1965)

  1. Moncada Barracks attack launches insurgency

    Labels: Moncada Barracks, 26th of
  2. Castro delivers “History Will Absolve Me”

    Labels: Fidel Castro
  3. Granma expedition lands in Cuba

    Labels: Granma, Sierra Maestra
  4. Nationwide general strike attempt fails

    Labels: 26th of
  5. Batista launches Operation Verano offensive

    Labels: Operation Verano, Batista government
  6. Battle of Santa Clara prompts regime collapse

    Labels: Battle of, Che Guevara
  7. Batista flees Cuba; revolution claims victory

    Labels: Fulgencio Batista, Cuban Revolution
  8. Castro enters Havana and consolidates authority

    Labels: Fidel Castro, Havana
  9. First Agrarian Reform Law reshapes landholding

    Labels: First Agrarian
  10. U.S. enterprise expropriations accelerate

    Labels: U S, nationalizations
  11. United States severs diplomatic relations

    Labels: United States, diplomatic rupture
  12. Castro proclaims revolution’s socialist character

    Labels: Fidel Castro
  13. Bay of Pigs invasion begins

    Labels: Bay of, Cuban exiles
  14. Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (ORI) formed

    Labels: Integrated Revolutionary, 26th of
  15. Literacy Campaign culminates in 1961 declaration

    Labels: Literacy Campaign
  16. Cuban Missile Crisis brings U.S.–USSR showdown

    Labels: Cuban Missile, USSR
  17. Second Agrarian Reform Law approved

    Labels: Second Agrarian
  18. Communist Party of Cuba established

    Labels: Communist Party, PURSC