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Camilo Cienfuegos

The cheerful revolutionary who never declared his ideology.

He became a popular folk hero after the revolution, known for his easy manners and baseball playing.[1][2]

Quick Facts

Office
Commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
Took office
3 January 1959
Left office
28 October 1959
President
Manuel Urrutia
Prime minister
Fidel Castro
Birth name
Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán
Born
6 February 1932
Birthplace
Havana, Cuba

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

His older brother Osmany became a communist activist while Camilo enrolled in art school to study sculpture.[3] After the revolutionary victory, Cienfuegos was appointed commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and became the public face of the revolution in Havana.[4] Ramón Cienfuegos, Camilo's father, was a tailor in Havana and participated in left-wing activism through Solidaridad Internacional Antifascista and the Asociacíon Libertaria de Cuba.[5] In December 1955, Cienfuegos took part in student protests that the authorities violently suppressed.[3]

Financial hardship forced him to leave school, and he then took a job at the same clothing store where his father worked.[6] During the guerrilla conflict, he led a small special vanguard unit and later commanded the Second Column; his forces fought at the Uvero barracks on 28 May 1957 and at the Yaguajay garrison, where they captured 250 men and 375 rifles.[7][8][9]

What the cited sources add

It cites Fernández 2001 for his father's involvement with left-wing organizations.[5] The article cites López-Fresquet 1966 for Osmany Cienfuegos's communist activism and for Camilo's preference for Havana nightlife after the revolution.[3][10] It cites García-Pérez 1998 for the student demonstration where Cienfuegos was shot and for his column's surrender of the Matanzas regiment.[6] The article cites Guerra 2012 for Cienfuegos's popularity as a folk hero and for his role in the Huber Matos affair.[1][11][12][13]

Thomas 1970 provides information on Cienfuegos nearly shooting Che Guevara during an ambush setup, on the engagement at the Uvero barracks, and on his capture of 250 soldiers at Yaguajay.[7][8][9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guerra 2012, p. 41; Anderson 1997, p. 282 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guerra 2012, p. 41; Guerra 2012, p. 41; Bonsal 1971, p. 96 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: López-Fresquet 1966, p. 58; García-Pérez 1998, p. 25-26; Farber 2006, p. 50-51 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Farber 2006, p. 50-51; Fernández 2001, p. 80; Farber 2006, p. 50-51 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: García-Pérez 1998, p. 25-26 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915; Thomas 1970, p. 914-915 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Thomas 1970, p. 914-915 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: López-Fresquet 1966, p. 58 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guerra 2012, p. 41 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guerra 2012, p. 41; Geyer 1991, p. 193 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Wikipedia, "Camilo Cienfuegos" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Guerra 2012, p. 41; Guerra 2012, p. 41 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Camilo Cienfuegos (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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