Escambray

Central Army troops in urban and mountain maneuvers

November 28, 2010

Troops from Cuba’s Central Army conducted maneuvers in the urban areas of Santa Clara. CA troops were comprised of small infantry units, tanks, anti-aircraft defenses, territorial militia troops and production and defense brigades, reported Juventud Rebelde. Also, tactical exercises were staged in the mountainous zone of el Escambray with small mountain infantry units and Territorial Militia Troops [...]

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Battle at Escambray

September 6, 2010

Juan Tamayo of El Nuevo Herald has a piece on the 50th anniversary of the Battle at Escambray (the last armed internal combat against the Castro dictatorship.) Fifty years ago, Rivera was one of up to 4,000 Cubans battling Castro’s brand new government in a little-known, but nasty guerrilla war that raged in parts of [...]

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