Word: gibara
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Annapolis degree established him as an engineer in Cuba; in that profession, together with sugar-planting, he has since made a comfortable livelihood. His naval training also qualified him to lead a filibustering expedition ashore at Gibara in eastern Cuba in 1931 in a vain effort to overthrow the Machado tyranny. Amnestied, he went into exile until Machado was finally toppled two years later...