Cuban+Revolution

=~ __THE REUBE____N__ __REVOLUTION__ ~   = =Revolución Cuba  //July 26, 1953 - January 1, 1959//   = Here is a place where we can share resources on the Cuban Revolution. media type="youtube" key="yhXYMXxfboY" height="364" width="445"

**• Cuban influence in Latin America.**
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OVERVIEW:
The Cuban Revolution of 1959 began with the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, and ended in triumph with the ousting of dictator Fulgencio Batista.

After a tremendous failure at Moncada, nearly all of the rebels were killed or captured. At his trial, Fidel Castro gave his famous speech, History Will Absolve Me, and was pardoned after only two years.

When released, he was forced into exile for his safety. In Mexico, he trained an army which he prepared for a guerilla war against Batista.

On December 2, 1956, Castro and 82 others aboard the Granma landed in Cuba. Their numbers were quickly reduced by Batista's soldiers, but most of the important leaders made their way into the Sierra Maestra mountains.

The rebel forces began to rely on the peasants for support. Batista took to ruthlessly attacking pro-Castro towns, which only stirred up more support for the rebel leader. A movement in the cities began as well. Frank País, whom Castro had left in charge while in exile, began to attack the Batista government in various ways. Anti-Batista students, though not associated with the Castro-led group of rebels, unsuccesfully led an armed assault on the Presidential Palace. On May 24, 1958, Batista launch Operación Verano. Eventually, Batista decided the situation was hopeless. His generals had arrived at the same conclusion, and were glad when Batista decided to give up the fight. Batista fled to Spain, by then having amassed a fortune of $300 million through bribery and embezzlement. Santa Clara was taken by Guevara's army, who then turned towards Havana. Santiago was surrendered without a fight. The forts in Havana also surrendered, and Castro's forces occupied the city, bringing their miliary victory to a close.

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Some of the key words and concepts in the Modern World that appear throughout studying the Cuban Revolution include:

• capitalism. • communism. • democracy. • revolution. • socialism. - Nationalism.

(These were just the ones off the top of my head, I'm sure there's more).

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**__KEY CONCEPTS, EVENTS, GROUPS AND PEOPLE:__**
**Date:** July 26, 1953 - January 1, 1959

__PEOPLE:__
**//Fidel Castro//** - Was the leader of the Cuban Revolution and later President of Cuba. became a Guerrilla leader in the revolution. revolution (current acting President of Cuba). **Huber Matos -** Another notable Cuban Revolutionary.
 * Ernesto “Che” Guevara** - An Argentinean physician who met Castro in Mexico and
 * Raúl Castro** - Younger brother and main man of Fidel and a commander during the
 * Camilo Cienfuegos - Another leader and key revolutionary figure. **
 * Fulgencio Batista -** Lead a military coup to seize presidency in Cuba; Castro's opposition.
 * John F. Kennedy**
 * //**Eisenhower (Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower)**// - Untied Sates President during and up until the end of the Cuban Revolution largely distrusting and against Castro. **

__GROUPS:__
**26th of July Movement** - The revolutionary organisation planned and led by government.
 * (M-26-7)** Fidel Castro that in 1959 overthrew the Batista


 * Orthodox Party**

(C.I.A.)**
 * Central Intelligence Agency

__EVENTS:__
**Moncada Barracks** - A military barracks in Santiago de Cuba where Fidel led an attack with a group of rebels on 26th of July 1959. The Cuban Missile Crisis
 * "History Will Absolve Me" Speech** - The famous 4 hour defense speech made by Fidel in court for his attack on Moncada.
 * Fidel released from prison** - After all political prisioners in Cuba are freed Fidel flees to Mexico to build his rebel force.
 * Granma Boat-Landing** - The rebels travelled from Mexico back to Cuba to continue the fight against Batista in 1956 on a boat called the Granma.
 * The Battle of Santa Clara** - Was the final battles led by Che in which the rebels took the city of Santa Clara and forced Batista to flee Cuba.
 * The Bay of Pigs Invasion

__LOCATION:__ ** Cuba Oriente Province Sierra Maestra Havana Mexico City Santa Clara Moncada

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 * http://www.rcgfrfi.easynet.co.uk/ratb/cuba/cuba_rev.htm


 * http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cuban-revolution.htm


 * http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3240/english.html


 * http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43b/index-ab.html


 * http://www.google.com/search?q=cuban+revolution&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbs=tl:1&tbo=1&ei=TcksSvbfKdOIkQWV-_T0Cg&sa=X&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=12


 * [|http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/> >>> >]
 * __[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution> >]__
 * http://www.socialismtoday.org/89/cuba.html
 * http://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/index.htm

Why did the CIA pay Castro for the Revolution between the years of 1956-58? You may find an answer here... []

Just for something different http://www.conservapedia.com/Fidel_Castro

Two recent websites I found when searching altavista http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588439_2/Cuban_Revolution.html http://www.cubaverdad.net/revolution.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

__Books/Literature:__

 * Cuba, Brendan Sainsbury, Lonely Planet, 2006.
 * Comrades Communism: A World History, Robert Service, Macmillan, 2007.
 * Famous Lives: Fidel Castro, Leader of Cuba's Revolution, Tom Gibb, White-Thomas Publishing, 2000.
 * A Visual History of the Modern World, Published 2006: Sevenoaks London UK.
 * Cuban Communism, 1959-1995 By Irving Louis Horowitz
 * World in View: Cuba, Emily Morris, Heinemann 1990.
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 * Cuba The Making of a Revolution, Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, The Norton Library, W.W. Norton & Company Inc., 1970.
 * Revolutions: Theoretical, Comparative & Historical Studies, Jack A Goldstone, 2003, Thomson Wadsworth.
 * Cuban Communism, 1959-1995 By Irving Louis Horowitz

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 * Fidel: The Untold Story
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IqFxcwWv2Q
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhXYMXxfboY
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPi7_sjnvTM
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJL1Rj1P_J0&feature=fvst

Shit work so far Jamie.