josé martí antonio maceo teddy roosevelt’s charge up san juan hill the u.s.s. maine

José Martí

Antonio MaceoAntonio Maceo

Teddy Roosevelt’s charge up San Juan Hill

The U.S.S. Maine

May 2, 1902—Independence Declared.

President Estrada Palma

Gerardo Machado y MoralesGerardo Machado y Morales

Matanzas sugar mill

Slaves feeding crushed cane stalks into the sugar mill steam furnaces

Cuban Sugar MillCuban Sugar Mill

La Zafra (Sugar Harvest)La Zafra (Sugar Harvest)

Inside the sugar mill

GamblingGambling

Night ClubsNight Clubs

ProstitutionProstitution

Fulgencio Batista

Fidel Castro

On July 26, 1953, Castro led a small band of rebels against the Moncada army barracks. The attack failed, and most of the 165 attackers were killed or captured and tortured. Castro himself was captured, but the 26 of July Movement was born.

La Moncada

Ernesto “Che” GuevaraErnesto “Che” Guevara

On January 1, 1959, abandoned by his American allies, Batista and his closest aids fled the country. Soon thereafter, Castro enters Havana victoriously.

Bay of Pigs (Bahía de Cochinos)