Cuban Revolution | |||||||
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Revolutionary leaders Che Guevara (left) and Fidel Castro (right) in 1961 |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil | Republic of Cuba | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Fidel Castro Raúl Castro Che Guevara Camilo Cienfuegos Huber Matos Juan Almeida Bosque Frank País † Abel Santamaría Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo René Ramos Latour † Rolando Cubela Humberto Sori Marín Roberto Rodriguez † |
Fulgencio Batista Eulogio Cantillo José Quevedo Alberto del Río Chaviano Joaquín Casillas Cornelio Rojas Fernández Suero Cándido Hernández Alfredo Abon Lee |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
5,000+ combat-related Cubans killed |
26th of July Movement victory
The Cuban Revolution (Spanish: Revolución cubana) (1959) was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the right-wing authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on 1 January 1959, replacing his government with a revolutionary socialist state. The 26th of July Movement later reformed along communist lines, becoming the Communist Party in October 1965. Castro’s organized attack set up on the eastern end of Santiago de Cuba against the military barracks ended in despair and failure due to government.
The Cuban Revolution had powerful domestic and international repercussions. In particular, it transformed Cuba's relationship with the United States. Efforts to improve diplomatic relations have gained momentum in recent years. In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, Castro's government began a program of nationalization and political consolidation that transformed Cuba's economy and civil society. The revolution also heralded an era of Cuban intervention in foreign military conflicts, including the Angolan Civil War and the Nicaraguan Revolution.