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The Cuban communist revolutionary and politician Fidel Castro took part in the Cuban Revolution from 1953 to 1959. Following on from his early life, Castro decided to fight for the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista 's military junta by founding a paramilitary organization, "The Movement". In July 1953, they launched a failed attack on the Moncada ...
The Cuban Revolution ( Spanish: Revolución cubana) was the military and political effort to overthrow Fulgencio Batista 's dictatorship which reigned as the government of Cuba between 1952 and 1959. It began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état which saw former president and military general, Fulgencio Batista topple the nascent Cuban democracy ...
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz ( / ˈkæstroʊ / KASS-troh, [ 1] Latin American Spanish: [fiˈðel aleˈxandɾo ˈkastɾo ˈrus]; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.
The 26th of July Movement ( Spanish: Movimiento 26 de julio; M-26-7) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Fidel Castro. The movement's name commemorates the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, part of an attempt to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista.
1973 August 6 Fulgencio Batista dies of a "heart attack" in Spain, where he had lived the remainder of his life in exile. 1975-1976 Constitutional Assembly. 1976 February 24 Proclamation of the new Cuban Socialist Constitution. 1976 December Fidel Castro is elected the new President of Cuba. 1977-1978 Cuban military intervention in Ethiopia.
Long before Fidel Castro proclaimed the “socialist character” of his revolution on April 1961, the new regime was already on the path to communism and was “discreetly” placing sympathizers ...
History Will Absolve Me (Spanish: La historia me absolverá) is the title of a two-hour speech made by Fidel Castro on 16 October 1953. Castro made the speech in his own defense in court against the charges brought against him after he led an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba. The speech later became the manifesto of his 26th of July ...
The 1940 Constitution of Cuba was implemented during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista on 10 October 1940. [ 1] It was primarily influenced by the collectivist ideas that inspired the Cuban Revolution of 1933. Widely considered one of the most progressive constitutions at the time, it provided for land reform, public education, a minimum wage ...