Granma

Granma is the ship that transported the fighters of the Cuban Revolution to Cuba in 1956. It is also the name of the official newspaper of the Cuban Communist Party and a Cuban province, which were named after the yacht.

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Granma is a 60-foot yacht, designed to accommodate 12 people. It was purchased from a retired American in 1956 and filled with 82 Cuban exiles under the leadership of Fidel Castro to start a revolution against Fulgencio Batista. Other rebels on the boat (known as expedicionarios del yate Granma) were Che Guevara and Ra?l Castro. They sailed from the Mexican port of Tuxpan, Veracruz, and landed on the shores of what is now Granma Province.

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Cuban Revolution: The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of the Fulgencio Batista?s government by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in the 1950s. It began with the assault on the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953, and ended on January 1, 1959, when Batista w...

Cuba: The Republic of Cuba consists of the island of Cuba (the largest of the Greater Antilles), the Isle of Youth and various adjacent small islands. The name of the island is derived from the Taino word "cubanac?n", meaning a central place. It is located in the northern Caribbean at the confluence of t...