Huber Matos resigns his command

The programme aimed to turn tenants and precarious cultivators into landholders while also organizing cooperatives on large estates.

A confrontation over the revolution’s direction ended with Urrutia’s resignation after Castro publicly denounced his anti-communist position.

The Council of Ministers selected Osvaldo Dorticós to replace Urrutia, while effective leadership remained centred on Castro.

Large numbers of rural workers and beneficiaries of agrarian reform joined the anniversary celebration of the Moncada attack.

The appointment placed the reorganization of Cuba’s military institutions under a central leader of the guerrilla struggle.

Camilo Cienfuegos carried out Castro’s order to arrest Matos in Camagüey on accusations of treason and conspiracy.

A plane piloted from Florida scattered political leaflets; anti-aircraft fire and falling fragments killed and injured people below.

Cienfuegos’s aircraft vanished during a flight from Camagüey to Havana, prompting a major but unsuccessful search.

Guevara’s appointment signalled the increasing role of revolutionary leaders in restructuring Cuba’s economy.

A revolutionary tribunal convicted Matos of treason and conspiracy, marking the collapse of the earlier coalition between moderate and radical leaders.