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Political Amnesty

Cuba · Politics / 26th of July Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1955Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1955

Juan Almeida Bosque15 May 1955

Isle of Pines · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Almeida is released with other Moncada prisoners under Batista's May 1955 political amnesty.

Fidel Alejandro Castro15 May 1955

Isle of Pines · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Fidel Castro is released from prison under Batista's political amnesty after serving about twenty-two months following the Moncada attack.

Raul Modesto Castro15 May 1955

Isle of Pines · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Raúl Castro is released from prison under the May 1955 political amnesty granted to surviving participants in the Moncada attack.

Names involved

Fidel Alejandro CastroJuan Almeida BosqueRaul Modesto Castro

Provenance

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