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Fidel Castro and revolutionaries in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. PBS Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, 1959. Fidel sent Guevara to Bolivia because he was afraid that Che was getting ready to lead a coup against him.
- Roots of The Cuban Revolution
- The 26th of July Movement
- The Rebels of The Sierra Maestra Mountains
- The Aftermath of The Cuban Revolution
- Castro's Threat to America
Decades before the revolution, the American government armed, funded, and politically supported Fulgencio Batista, the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro would be destined to overthrow. "There is no country in the world... where economic colonization, humiliation, and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to my country’s policies during the ...
On July 26, 1953, the Cuban Revolution began. Fidel Castro and a group of about 150 rebels stormed the Moncada Barracks in Santiago. It was the first battle of a war that would change a country - and it ended in disaster. Castro’s rebels weren’t trained soldiers. Most were farm and factory workers who had banded together in the hope that their revo...
Castro's charisma presented a real threat to Batista’s regime. He and the rebels, who now called themselves the 26th of July Movement, moved through the Sierra Maestra Mountains and used guerilla warfare tactics to harass Batista’s army. At first, their chances seemed bleak. Castro and Guevara arrived with only 80 others and within days Batista’s a...
Castro’s first years of rule were in almost every measurable way an improvement on the days of Batista. Equal rights for women and minorities were ensured, employment skyrocketed, and health and sanitation were reformed. The change was incredible. By the end of the 1960s, every Cuban childhad access to education. During Batista’s reign, less than 5...
America, Che Guevara believed, was frightened by what the Cuban Revolution represented. "Our revolution is endangering all American possessions in Latin America," he said. "We are telling these countries to make their own revolution." On the other side of the Gulf of Mexico, the American press seemed to be confirming his words. "The greatest threat...
Apr 19, 2018 · In the rugged Sierra Maestra mountains near where Fidel Castro made his hideout as he led a guerrilla uprising in the late 1950s, Cubans say they are still grateful for the land reforms and...
Nov 26, 2016 · Adrienne Arsenault tours Fidel Castro's hidden mountain camp, where he and other rebels plotted the revolution.»»» Subscribe to The National to watch more vi...
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Nov 29, 2016 · Courtesy of the C.Wright Mills estate via John Summers. In an elegant restaurant with starched linen and a Mediterranean background, Castro and his armed advisers are dressed in wrinkled fatigues...
Jun 27, 2012 · HAVANA TIMES — Spanish photographer Enrique Meneses arrived in Cuba in 1957, and taking advantage of his stay on the island, he proposed climbing up into the Sierra Maestra Mountains to do a story on the guerrillas led by the young lawyer Fidel Castro.
Nov 26, 2016 · Gallery_Fidel_Castro_8_ap.jpg. Castro (center), his brother Raul Castro (left) and Camilo Cienfuegos (right) operate in the mountains of Eastern Cuba on March 14, 1957. AP Photo.
