4.Revolution

current the Cuban revolution began when poorly armed rebels attacked the Monca Barracks in Santiago and the barracks in bayamo on July 26 1953 The number if rebels killed in the fighting, and an additional fifty-six were killed later ny the Batista regim among the dead was abel sanamaria second-in-command of the assault on the moncada barracks, who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed the same day of the attack The survivors, among them fidel Castro and his brother Raul castro ruz were captured shortly after wards. in a highly political trial, fidal castro spoke for nearly four hours in his defense, ending with the words condemn me, it does not matter. history will absolve me. fidal castro was sentenc 15 years in the Predidio modelo prision, located on isla de Pinos raul was sentenced to 13 years. In 1955 under broad political pressure the batista regime freed all political prisoners in Cuba- including the Moncade attackers. batista was persuaded to include the Castro brothers in this release in part by fidels jesuit childhood teachers

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