15 May 1955AmnestyFulgencio Batista
Grants amnesty to surviving Moncada prisoners.
Historical records for Cuba in 1955, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Grants amnesty to surviving Moncada prisoners.
Is released from prison under Batista's amnesty.
Is released with other Moncada prisoners.
Castro is released due to a general amnesty from Batista
Once in Mexico, Castro reunites with other Cuban exiles & founds the 26th of July Movement, named after the date of the failed attack on the Moncada Barracks
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.
Receives guerrilla training in Mexico before the Granma expedition.
Receives guerrilla training in Mexico before the Granma expedition.
The Castro brothers join other exiles in Mexico to prepare a revolution to overthrow Batista
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