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The Day of the Cuban Armed Forces is the foremost military holiday, which on special years has been marked by a full military parade by personnel of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces in the Plaza de la Revolución, situated in the namesake district of the national capital city, Havana.
The Military Government of Cuba (Spanish: Gobierno Militar de Cuba) was a provisional military government in Cuba that was established in the aftermath of the Spanish–American War in 1898 when Spain ceded Cuba to the United States. [1] [2]
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union granted both military and financial aid to Cuba. From 1966 until the late 1980s, Soviet Government military assistance enabled Cuba to upgrade its military capabilities to number one in Latin America and project power abroad. The first Cuban military mission in Africa was established in Ghana in 1961.
In 1991, the Ceremonial Unit debuted an historical dress uniform worn during the opening ceremony of the 1991 Pan American Games held in Havana, inspired by the rayadillo-styled uniforms worn by the Cuban revolutionary soldiers of the War of Independence and the Spanish-American War. Holidays that are covered by the unit include:
On 3 April 1959, local guerillas of the Revolutionary Action Movement supported by Cuba looted a weapons store and went onto the mountains prompting a military operation by the Panamanian guardsmen the next day. On 6 April 1959, the National Guard engaged the rebels killing two insurgents while two guardsmen including Omar Torrijos were wounded ...
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The military history of Cuba is an aspect of the history of Cuba that spans several hundred years and encompasses the armed actions of Spanish Cuba while it was part of the Spanish Empire and the succeeding Cuban republics. From the 16th to 18th centuries, organized militia companies made up the bulk of Cuba's armed forces.
The Cuban Revolutionary Army (Spanish: Ejército Revolucionario) serve as the ground forces of Cuba. Formed in 1868 during the Ten Years' War, it was originally known as the Cuban Constitutional Army. Following the Cuban Revolution, the revolutionary military forces was reconstituted as the national army of Cuba by Fidel Castro in 1960.