jul 9, 1955 - July 1955

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In July of 1955, Castro and his small amount of followers (called the 26th of July Movement) got together in Mexico and after ⅓ of their forces were wiped out, they met up again in Sierra Maestra, where they built up their followers (peasants) with promises of land reform

In-text Citation: (Fidel Castro - Document - Gale In Context: Biography, 2016)

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