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Word: bueycito (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1957-1957
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...colonel killed by the Santiago police. The colonel's body was clothed in his military uniform and his casket decked with the rebel flag of Castro's 26th of July Movement. Showing their strength, the guerrilleros swept down from their mountain hideout and attacked military posts at Bueycito and Minas, carried off arms, ammunition and supplies. Then they set two bridges afire on the highway between Bayamo and Manzanillo, and the next day engaged Batista troops at Peladero. In Santiago the funeral turned into a spontaneous general strike, spreading to neighboring towns. The big Oriente Maceo sugar mill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: In Rebel Country | 8/12/1957 | See Source »

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