Tuesday, July 7, 2009

1957: Rebel Urban Terror Campaign stepped up

Cuba History Timeline Events
May 5, 1957
In May Rebels step up their terror campaign bombing 18 businesses in a single night.
On 5 May, Bohemia publishes a story on the heightened urban terrorism with an extensive photo spread on the damage. Several grisly photographs from the coverage of that issue are available in the Latin American Studies collection: Bohemia photos of rebel bombings (5/05/57).


based on Manuel Márquez-Sterling's Cuba 1952-1959 and
Cuba 1952-1959 Interactive Timeline

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