Topics: Caribbean : Cuba
History, in brief, is the study which explains the human condition based on the chronological record of significant events and their related causes. This category is intended for sites, web pages, papers, and articles in English about the history of the island and the nation of Cuba, including historical persons.
Bay of Pigs
April 15 - April 19, 1961The invasion was a US-planned and funded attempted invasion of southwest Cuba by armed Cuban expats.
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Guevara, Ernesto Che
Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (1928 - 1967). Born in Argentina and killed in Bolivia, Che is best remembered as a leader and philosopher of the Cuba Revolution.
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Mariel Boatlift
The Mariel Boatlift was a mass exodus of refugees from Cuba's Mariel Harbour, from April 1 until September 26, 1980.
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Marti, José
1853-1895. Cuban poet, essayist and journalist, who became the symbol of Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain and who promoted better understanding among American nations.
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Revolution
The military conflict (1953-1959) that is known as the Cuban Revolution. This period in Cuban history is generally considered to have started with the failed attacked on the Moncada army barracks in 1953, and to end when dictator Batista fled the country at the beginning of 1959.
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