Cuban Revolution

Proclamation 3447, issued by President John F. Kennedy on February 3, 1962, established an embargo on all trade between the United States and Cuba.

Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Cuba, Volume VI is a collection of U.S. government documents detailing the shift in U.S.-Cuban relations from 1958 to 1960. It focuses on the Cuban Revolution, the fall of Fulgencio Batista's government, and the early years of Fidel Castro…

Law #3 of the Sierra Maestra on Agrarian Reform aimed to redistribute land to the landless peasants. This law established the principle of granting ownership to tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and squatters, while providing compensation for landowners. It allowed for the free distribution of land up…

Issued from Fidel Castro's rebel base in the Sierra Maestra mountains, the Sierra Maestra Manifesto was a crucial document of the Cuban Revolution. It aimed to rally support against the Batista dictatorship by promising a return to the 1940 Constitution, free elections within a year of Batista…

"History Will Absolve Me" was a two-hour-long speech delivered by Fidel Castro on October 16, 1953. It served as a defense during his trial for his attack on the Moncada Barracks. More a political manifesto than a legal argument, Castro used the trial to condemn the oppressive regime of…