Escambray Rebellion (3 ene 1959 año – 1 ene 1965 año)
Descripción:
-also called "War Against the Bandits"
-continued fighting in Escambray mountains - some anti-Batista forces returned to hideouts there to fight Castro's forces
-guerrilla campaign - similar to Castro's Sierra Maestra campaign
-soldiers still loyal to Batista: members of DRE (anti-communist + anti-Batista student group), joined by disaffected rebels + Batista loyalists
-rebels given same military aid (via CIA + Mafia) as Batista regime had received in Cuban Revolution (but cut off after Bay of Pigs invasion)
-total destruction of rebel forces in January 1965 (outnumbered by Castro's forces)
-other (less direct) forms of resistance during this period: rebels denounced as traitors + arrested
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fecha:
3 ene 1959 año
1 ene 1965 año
~ 6 years