Raul Modesto Castro Biography

Birth of Raul Modesto Castro

A member of the 26th of July Movement that attacked the Moncada Barracks, and he spent 22 months in prison as a result of this action

A member of the 26th of July Movement that attacked the Moncada Barracks, and he spent 22 months in prison as a result of this action

A member of the 26th of July Movement that attacked the Moncada Barracks, and he spent 22 months in prison as a result of this action

Is tried and sentenced after the failed Moncada attack.

A member of the 26th of July Movement that attacked the Moncada Barracks, and he spent 22 months in prison as a result of this action

Participates in the failed Moncada attack.

Receives guerrilla training in Mexico before the Granma expedition.

Is released with other Moncada prisoners.

Maintains contact with Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Leonov.

Befriends Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Mexico City and brings him into Fidel's circle of revolutionaries

Maintains contact with Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Leonov.

Participates in the preparations of the expedition of the ship Granma, embarking for Cuba on December 2, 1956

Participates in the preparations of the expedition of the ship Granma, embarking for Cuba on December 2, 1956

Part of the tiny group of survivors who manage to reach a safe haven in the Sierra Maestra mountains

Appointed Comandante and assigned the mission to cross the old province of Oriente leading a column of guerrillas to open, to the northeast of that territory, the "Frank Pais Eastern Front"

Opens the Frank Pais Eastern Front in Oriente.

Appointed Comandante and assigned the mission to cross the old province of Oriente leading a column of guerrillas to open, to the northeast of that territory, the "Frank Pais Eastern Front"

Appointed Comandante and assigned the mission to cross the old province of Oriente leading a column of guerrillas to open, to the northeast of that territory, the "Frank Pais Eastern Front"

By October 1958, after being reinforced by Fidel, the two brothers had about 2,000 fighters and they were operating freely throughout Oriente province

Expands rebel control in eastern Cuba.

Captures Maffo during the final Oriente campaign.

The victorious rebel army heads to Santiago de Cuba, the capital of Oriente province

The victorious rebel army heads to Santiago de Cuba, the capital of Oriente province

Santiago de Cuba surrenders as Batista's regime collapses.

Takes control of Santiago after Batista flees.

Appointed a member of the National Leadership of the Integrated Revolutionary PO Organisations

Appointed a member of the National Leadership of the Integrated Revolutionary PO Organisations

The Integrated Revolutionary PO Organisation is dissolved

The Integrated Revolutionary PO Organisation is dissolved

Apppointed a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Second Secretary of its Politburo since the Party's formation in October 1965

Apppointed a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Second Secretary of its Politburo since the Party's formation in October 1965

Apppointed a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and the Second Secretary of its Politburo since the Party's formation in October 1965

President Barack Obama loosens the travel ban, now allowing Cuban-Americans to travel freely to the country

Castro delegates his duties as President of the Council of state, President of the Council of Minister's, First Secretary of the Cuban Communist Party and the post of commander in chief of the armed forces to his brother and First Vice President, Rapounds l

Castro hands over power to his brother Raul after undergoing intestinal surgery

Raul Castro became the new President, the islands Parliament appoints revolutionary leader Jose Ramon Machado for the Governments No. 2 spot

New President Raul Castros Government lifts a ban on Cubans staying at hotels previously reserved for foreigners

Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time as Raul Castros new Government loosens controls on consumer goods and invites private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land

Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time as Raul Castro's new Government loosens controls on consumer goods and invites private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land

New regulations allow thousands of Cubans to get title to state-owned homes, a step that might lay the groundwork for broader housing reform

New regulations allow thousands of Cubans to get title to state-owned homes, a step that might lay the groundwork for broader housing reform

Lines stretch for blocks outside phone centres as the Government allows ordinary Cubans to sign up for cellular phone service for the first time

A Government spokesman says that South Africa has waived Cuban debt totaling more than 100 million dollars

A Government spokesman says that South Africa has waived Cuban debt totaling more than 100 million dollars

Cuba announces a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the islands farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local councils

Cuba announces a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the islands farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local councils

Computers go on sale to the general public

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

The EU agrees to lift its 2003 diplomatic sanctions against Cuba, but imposes tough conditions on the communist island to maintain sanction-free relations

An official says that Cuba has authorized sex-change operations and will offer them free for qualifying citizens

President Raul Castro warns Cubans to prepare for a "realistic" brand of communism that is economically viable and does away with excessive state subsidies designed to promote equality on the island

Communist officials decree that private farmers and cooperatives can use up to 100 acres (40 hectares) of idle Government land, as President Raul Castro works to revive the floundering agricultural sector

It is reported that Cuba had notified at least 2 foreign Governments that it could not meet debt payments

It is reported that Cuba had notified at least 2 foreign Governments that it could not meet debt payments

Cuba politely declined a US offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover

Cuba politely declined a US offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover

Cuba politely declined a US offer to send a disaster assessment team to the island after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and the sale of food and other materials it needs to recover

Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes, 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which forecasters said could take it to Louisiana or Texas

Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes, 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which forecasters said could take it to Louisiana or Texas

Hurricane Ike roared south of Havana, Cuba, after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate

Hurricane Ike roared south of Havana, Cuba, after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate

Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba's tobacco country and toppling aging Havana buildings

Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane with winds of 120 mph (195 kph) as it shrieked toward the heartland of Cuba's cigar industry on a track to hit the US Gulf Coast, three years after Hurricane Katrina

President Barack Obama extended the embargo through September 14, 2011, determining that the embargo "is in the national interest of the United States

President Barack Obama extended the embargo through September 14, 2011, determining that the embargo "is in the national interest of the United States