Raul Modesto Castro1953
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
Cuba · Revolution / Revolution of Cuba. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
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
Joins the exile group reorganised in Mexico to renew the struggle.
The 26th of July Movement's name originated from the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, an army facility in the city of Santiago de Cuba, on July 26, 1953
Joins the exile group reorganised in Mexico to renew the struggle.
Joins the exile group reorganised in Mexico to renew the struggle.
Maintains contact with Soviet intelligence officer Nikolai Leonov.
Befriends Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Mexico City and brings him into Fidel's circle of revolutionaries
Cantillo signs a secret armistice with the 26th of July movement, ending the Verano offensive
26th of July Movement, the revolutionary organisation planned and led by Fidel Castro that in 1959 overthrew the Fulgencio Batista Government in Cuba
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