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Revolutionary General Strike

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

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Chronological records

1959

Fidel Alejandro Castro1 January 1959

Cuba · Politics / 26th of July Movement

After Batista leaves Cuba, Castro calls for a general strike while the 26th of July Movement demands the army's unconditional surrender and a revolutionary transfer of power.

Names involved

Fidel Alejandro Castro

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