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Camilo
Cienfuegos, the son of Spanish anarchists, was an important
figure in the Cuban Revolution. . Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos
each commanded a column of the Rebel Army. In 1958, Batista's
army attempted to launch an offensive against the Rebel Army.
It was largely unsuccessful, and was met by a counter-attack. |
"Forty
days of march, often with the south coast and a compass as the only
guide. During fifteen days we marched with water and mud up to the
knees, travelling by night to avoid ambushes…during the thirty-one
days of our journey across Camagüey
we ate eleven times. After four days of famine we had to eat a mare…Almost
all our animals were left in the marsh."
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Cienfuegos
and Guevara attacked into Camagüey
and inflicted severe damage on the government troops at Las
Villas. When Fidel Castro told Guevara and Cienfuegos to occupy
Havana, Cienfuegos
marched his column in to take Camp Columbia. His force of 700
men took over there while the Rebel Army took other local forts
as well. On the 13th of March, Cienfuegos attacked the Presidential
Palace. Cienfuegos became immensely popular among Cubans. He
was nearly as popular as Fidel Castro, but they shared one difference.
Unlike the others, Cienfuegos was not a Communist. In 1959,
Cienfuegos' plane mysteriously disappeared over the sea. A search
was immediately called for, but he was never seen again. |
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