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Bay of Pigs Invasion - The armed uprising

Time: Sunday Apr 16, 1961

Place: Las Villas, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Details: On 16 April, Merardo Leon, Jose Leon, and 14 others staged an armed uprising at Las Delicias Estate in Las Villas, with only four surviving. Leonel Martinez and three others took to the countryside.

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