Photos

Leaving the Presidio Modelo on the Isle of Pines along with other revolutionaries, as a result of the strong pressure and campaigns by the people to free them in May 1955.  In the weeks follow

With Celia Sánchez during the first meeting of the National Executive of the 26 of July Movement on the farm of Epifanio Díaz, a farmer who collaborated with the Rebel Army.

Commander in Chief Fidel Castro in the Sierra Maestra, with his telescopic rifle.

At Arroyones del Lomón. Sierra Maestra

Fidel reading notes on the shooting of “The Longest Day” documentary.

Fidel speaks to the people on 1 January, 1959.

Sharing impressions in Bayamo, before continuing the Caravan’s march.

The words of clarification by the revolutionary leader strikes a chord with the people of Bayamo in the evening of the second day of the year.

The mother of Jimmy Hirzel, a member of the Granma expeditionary force who was assassinated by the Batista tyranny, meets Fidel in Bayamo in the afternoon.

Sends a message to Periódico Revolución ordering the cessation of the People’s General Strike, accompanied by Majors Delio Gómez Ochoa and Belarmino Castilla in the city of Holguín.

Camilo Cienfuegos meets Fidel Castro in Bayamo and reports on the situation in the country's capital where he had recently taken over the Columbia Military Camp.

He celebrates in Cienfuegos the triumph of the Cuban Revolution over the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.