THE FOOTSTEPS OF A GIANT Granma International recalls some of the most important moments in the life of the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro www.granma.cu
(2016)
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23 22 April, 2016: 7th Party Congress 21 2007-2016: Fidel’s reflections 1999: Founding of Cuban social workers program 19 December, August 13, 2016: Fidel’s 90th Birthday
The year of the Energy 20 2006: Revolution 1991: 4th Party 18 October, Congress
17 1975-1991: Operation Carlota 15
December, 1975: 1st Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba
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October, 1962: October Crisis
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Triumph of the Revolution: January 1, 1959, Santiago de Cuba and January 8, Havana
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Died: November 25, 2016, Havana. Fidel’s ashes are laid to rest in Santiago de Cuba
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December, 1976: National Assembly of People’s Power, Fidel elected President of the Councils of State and Ministers
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Through October 3, 1965: Process of uniting revolutionary forces
12 April, 1961: Playa Girón 3, 1958: Meeting at Alto de Mompié 10 May
December 18, 1956: Rebel forces reunited in Cinco Palmas
2, 1956: Granma yacht landing 8 December
7 1955-1956: Exile in Mexico 15, 1955: Fidel released from the Isle of Pines prison 6 May
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16, 1953: History Will Absolve Me 5 October
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September 27, 1945: The transfer of the “Bell of Demajagua” to the University of Havana
Born: August 13, 1926, Birán, today located in Holguín province
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FIRE THIS TIME
S p e c i a l F i d e l Ed i t i o n
2 (1926) December 2016
July 26, 1953: Assault on the Moncada Garrison, Santiago de Cuba
Early studies: 1935-1942, Lasalle (1935) and Dolores (1938) schools, in Santiago de Cuba and Belén Jesuit Preparatory School (1942), in Havana