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    The 26th of July Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 26 de julio; M-26-7) was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by...
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  • José Quevedo Pérez (category University of Havana alumni)
    officer, and rebel, who served in the Cuban Constitutional Army, 26th of July Movement, and Cuban Revolutionary Army. Born in Havana, Cuba on 1 August...
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    Barracks on 26 July 1953. Following the attack's failure, Fidel Castro and his co-conspirators were arrested and formed the 26th of July Movement (M-26-7) in...
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  • the Model Prison on the Isla de Pinos. Renaming his group the "26th of July Movement" (MR-26-7), Castro was pardoned by Batista's government in May 1955...
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    Castro's 26th of July Movement had attempted to purchase a Catalina flying boat maritime aircraft, or a US naval crash rescue boat for the purpose of crossing...
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    (1868–1878) Party flag of the 26th of July Movement Standard of the prime minister of Cuba (1959–1976) List of Cuban flags Coat of arms of Cuba Cuban trogon...
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    Vilma Espín (category Communist Party of Cuba politicians)
    organize the 26th of July Movement as an underground spy, and took an active role in many branches of the Cuban government from the conclusion of the revolution...
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    successor to the United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution, which was in turn made up of the 26th of July Movement and Popular Socialist Party that...
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    Cantillo promised that his new government would meld with the 26th of July Movement to create a new united government. On December 30, 1958, General...
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  • efforts of Cuba's various revolutionary forces-26th of July Movement, the Popular Socialist Party, and the Revolutionary Directorate 13th of March- following...
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  • Frank País (category Cuban people of Galician descent)
    País was the urban coordinator of the 26th of July Movement, and was a key organizer within the urban underground movement, collaborating with Fidel Castro's...
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  • became the manifesto of his 26th of July Movement. Though sentenced to terms of up to 15 years for their roles in the attack, all of the rebels were released...
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    The Battle of Alegría de Pío was a battle in Cuba fought between the 26th of July Movement and the Cuban National Army. It was the first battle fought...
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    Villas in which Column 8 of the 26th of July Movement was ordered by Fidel Castro to paralyze the occupying military forces of President Fulgencio Batista...
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  • Attack on El Uvero (category Military operations of the Cuban Revolution)
    26th of July Movement and the Cuban military on May 28, 1957, part of the Cuban Revolution. It was the first major confrontation between the 26th of July...
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  • Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement 1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders...
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  • United States but also because most of the members of the anti-Batista left-wing nationalist 26th of July Movement could be branded as Communists, including...
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  • Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's regime by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban government led by Fidel...
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    had played a major role in the Cuban Revolution, in which the 26th of July Movement, led by Fidel Castro, ousted U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista...
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    Carlos Franqui (category People of the Cuban Revolution)
    with the 26th of July Movement which was headed by Fidel Castro. Upon the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, he was placed in charge of the rebellion's...
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    1961 when the party merged with the 26th of July Movement and the Revolutionary Directorate of 13 March Movement to form the Integrated Revolutionary...
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    26th of July Movement and was now plotting to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. During a long conversation with Fidel on the night of their...
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    travelled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother Raúl Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Returning...
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    in Miami, Florida. Prío's exile inspired Castro's 26th of July Movement against Batista. The movement succeeded in overthrowing Batista during the Cuban...
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  • Revolution first, elections later (category Aftermath of the Cuban Revolution)
    gave out a list of demands which included the reinstatement of the 1940 Constitution of Cuba. After Castro founded the 26th of July Movement, and it began...
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    Camilo Cienfuegos (category Cuban people of Asturian descent)
    opposition movement against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. He joined Castro's 26th of July Movement on its expedition to Cuba and was one of the few...
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    Raúl Castro (category Secretaries-general of the Non-Aligned Movement)
    sometimes violent student actions. In 1953, Raúl served as a member of the 26th of July Movement group that attacked the Moncada Barracks; he received a 13-year...
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    Santiago de Cuba Uprising (category History of Cuba)
    Santiago de Cuba uprising was an armed uprising organized by the 26th of July Movement on 30 November 1956 in Santiago de Cuba. It was planned by Haydée...
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    the National Front of Escambray were the first group to march into Havana on January 3, 1959 as Castro and the 26th of July Movement arrived a few days...
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    Revolution against the nationalist independence Cuban rebels of the 26th of July Movement. The battle was a trap, designed by Cuban General Eulogio Cantillo...
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