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This article lists the heads of state of Cuba from 1902 until the present day. ... Fidel Castro (1926–2016) 2 December 1976: 24 February 2008: 31 years, 84 days: PCC:
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar [a] [b] (born Rubén Zaldívar; [2] January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power as part of the 1933 Revolt of the Sergeants until his overthrow in the Cuban Revolution in 1959.
Castro viewed the result as a victory and soon launched his own offensive. Map showing key locations of the Cuban Revolution. Battalion 17 began its pull back on 29 July 1958. Castro sent a column of men under René Ramos Latour to ambush the retreating soldiers. They attacked the advance guard and killed some 30 soldiers but then came under ...
The yacht Granma sets out from Mexico to Cuba with 82 men on board, including Raúl Castro, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos. 2 December: The Granma lands in Oriente Province. 1957: 17 January: Castro's guerrillas score their first success by sacking an army outpost on the south coast, and start gaining followers in both Cuba and abroad. 13 March
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February 16 Fidel Castro is named Prime Minister of Cuba, in substitution of José Miró Cardona. May 17 Fidel Castro signed the First Law of Agrarian Reform, giving new lands for the Cuban peasants who didn't have any. July Failed attempt of invasion by the Dominican Republic's dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.
This article lists the heads of government of Cuba from 1940 until the present day. ... Fidel Castro (1926–2016) 2 December 1976: 24 February 2008: 31 years, 84 ...
The Cuban Revolution of 1933 (Spanish: Revolución cubana de 1933), also called the Sergeants' Revolt, was a coup d'etat that occurred in Cuba in September 1933. It began as a revolt of sergeants and enlisted men in the military, who soon allied with student activists in the Directorio Estudiantil Universitario.