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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

  4. Granma expedition lands in Cuba

    Labels: Granma, Sierra Maestra

  5. Nationwide general strike attempt fails

    Labels: 26th of

  6. Batista launches Operation Verano offensive

    Labels: Operation Verano, Batista government

  7. Battle of Santa Clara prompts regime collapse

    Labels: Battle of, Che Guevara

  8. Batista flees Cuba; revolution claims victory

    Labels: Fulgencio Batista, Cuban Revolution

  9. Castro enters Havana and consolidates authority

    Labels: Fidel Castro, Havana

  10. First Agrarian Reform Law reshapes landholding

    Labels: First Agrarian

  11. U.S. enterprise expropriations accelerate

    Labels: U S, nationalizations

  12. United States severs diplomatic relations

    Labels: United States, diplomatic rupture

  13. Castro proclaims revolution’s socialist character

    Labels: Fidel Castro

  14. Bay of Pigs invasion begins

    Labels: Bay of, Cuban exiles

  15. Integrated Revolutionary Organizations (ORI) formed

    Labels: Integrated Revolutionary, 26th of

  16. Literacy Campaign culminates in 1961 declaration

    Labels: Literacy Campaign

  18. Cuban Missile Crisis brings U.S.–USSR showdown

    Labels: Cuban Missile, USSR

  19. Second Agrarian Reform Law approved

    Labels: Second Agrarian

  20. Communist Party of Cuba established

    Labels: Communist Party, PURSC