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Castro leads a group of rebels against the Moncada Barracks located in Santiago de Cuba.
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Castro delivers his famous "History Will Absolve Me" speech following the charges for the attack on the Moncada Barracks.
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Batista dissolves parliament and is elected constitutional president without opposition.
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Batista grants Castro amnesty and lets him free and Castro ends up going to Mexico to plan invasion on Cuba.
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While in Mexico City, the Castro brothers meet Che Guevara.
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Castro and 82 other rebels land at Playa Las Coloradas in Granma yacht, but are outnumbered by the Cuban army.
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Castro's guerrillas score their first success by sacking an army outpost on the south coast, and started gaining followers in both Cuba and abroad.
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University students mount an unsuccessful attack on the Presidential Palace in Havana.
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Fidel Castro leads a country-wide strike. People do not go to work
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Led by Fidel Castro, a country wide strike takes place resulting in many Cubans being absent from work.
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U.S. suspends shipments of arms to Batista's forces.
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Operation Verano
After Castro succeeded in his attacks in Oriente Province, Batista responded by sending an army of 12,000 soldiers. The army was defeated by Castro and his guerillas. -
Cuban militants hijack and American plane flying from Miami to Havana.
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Guevara directs a rebel attack on Santa Clara.
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Fall of Santa Clara, after rebel attack led by Che Guevara. Batista troops end military resistance.
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Fidel Castro seizes control as he leads troops into Havana and the president flees.
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A new government is set up with Fidel Castro as prime minister. Elections are then held to elect other officials.
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Castro visits the United States.
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A new government is set up with Fidel Castro as prime minister. Elections are then held to elect other officials.
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Camilo Cienfuegos leads revolutionary guerrillas to victory in Yaguajay.
