7 / January / 1959

The Caravan of Freedom enters Matanzas territory by La Libertad Park in Matanzas.

8 / January / 1959

Speech delivered at the mass rally held at the Columbia Military Camp after he arrived in Havana. The camp was later renamed Ciudad Escolar Libertad

8 / January / 1959

Fidel gazes out at the people applauding him.

16 / January / 1959

Before a huge crowd of Havana workers and citizens gathered in front of the Presidential Palace, he declared that: “When they see we are united, the enemy will respect us.  Nobody has the righ

23 / January / 1959

During his trip to Venezuela, Fidel signs the Golden Book of the Municipal Council of Caracas, Venezuela.

16 / February / 1959

Fidel signs the document of the swearing in ceremony for the position of Prime Minister at the Presidential Palace, Havana.

Fidel Castro en la Ciénaga de Zapata
23 / March / 1959

Chatting with engineers Roberto Acosta, Ramón Darias, with Dutch engineers beside him and to the right, Núñez Jiménez.

April / 1959

During his visit to Washington, The United States.

April / 1959

Fidel during his visit to Washington D.C., United States.  Smiling, he shows the American Journal which reports on a plot to assassinate him.

15 / April / 1959

While on route to an event held during his visit he talks with a group of students travelling in a bus, several hands wave him through the bus windows to greet him.

16 / April / 1959

The Commander in Chief holding the little girl Shirley Haye.

17 / April / 1959

Attends a lunch hosted by the American Association of Newspapers Owners during a visit to the United States, at the Slatler Hilton Hotel.