Editing Camilo Cienfuegos

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'''Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán''' (February 6, 1932 – October 28, 1959) was a [[Republic of Cuba|Cuban]] revolutionary. Along with [[Fidel Castro]], [[Raúl Castro]], [[Che Guevara]] and [[Juan Almeida Bosque]], he was a member of the [[26th of July Movement]], which overthrew Cuba's [[fascism|fascist]] [[United States of America|Statesian]]-backed dictator, [[Fulgencio Batista]]. Cienfuegos became one of Castro's top guerrilla commanders during the [[Cuban Revolution]], and later served as head of the Cuban Armed Forces under Fidel Castro's [[socialism|socialist]] government. He led agrarian reform but disappeared shortly after the revolution, probably in a plane crash.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Devin Cole|newspaper=[[Workers World]]|title=Camilo Cienfuegos: Celebrating the young revolutionary|date=2022-02-07|url=https://www.workers.org/2022/02/61557/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207144907/https://www.workers.org/2022/02/61557/|archive-date=2023-02-07}}</ref>

== Life ==

=== Early Life ===
Cienfuegos was born in Lawton, Havana in 1932.<ref name=":1">{{Web citation|newspaper=teleSUR|title=Cubans Remember 91st Birth Anniversary Of Camilo Cienfuegos|date=2023-02-06|url=https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Cubans-Remember-91st-Birth-Anniversary-Of-Camilo-Cienfuegos-20230206-0006.html|retrieved=2023-07-15}}</ref> 

He enrolled initially at the public school, San Francisco de Paula elementary. He then enrolled in San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts but left because of financial problems. He followed his father's footsteps into becoming a tailor.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

=== Pre-Revolution ===
In 1948, Cienfuegos protested against Havana raising bus fares. In 1953, he went to the United States with [[Rafael Sierra]] and joined [[Cuban Civic Action]], a leftist organization of Cuban exiles. He protested against US-backed dictators like Batista, [[Rafael Trujillo|Trujillo]], and [[Anastasio Somoza García|Somoza]]. Immigration officials arrested him and Sierra in San Francisco and sent them to [[Mexican United States|Mexico]].<ref name=":0" />

He protested against pro-USA Cuban leadership and Havana raising bus fares in 1948 and then began fighting the Batista regime in 1952. He was forced into exile to the [[United States of America]] after that in 1953. He went to the United States with [[Rafael Sierra]] and joined [[Cuban Civic Action]], a leftist organization of Cuban exiles.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Cienfuegos and Rafael Sierra stayed in [[New York|New York.]] They fled New York for [[Chicago]] after violence erupted in New York. They then traveled to [[San Francisco|San Francisco.]] He was deported from the USA and sent back to Cuba.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

In Cuba, he was injured at a protest and was arrested. After being arrested he was tortured and sent into exile again. He was sent to New York again after that. He traveled to Mexico after learning about  Fidel Castro's [[26th of July Movement]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

=== Revolutionary Activities ===
Cienfuegos met with Castro in Mexico in May of 1956.<ref name=":0" />

He arrived, along with the other revolutionaries, in Cuba on the [[Granma]] yacht expedition. He joined the Jose Marti Column during the revolution.<ref name=":1" />

In 1957, Cienfuegos became a lieutenant. Then, in 1958, he was promoted to Commander and Chief of the Antonio Maceo Column. He lead military actions in Bayamo, Las Tunas, and Manzanillo. He also was instrumental in the civil war expanding into western Cuba. He lead the revolutionary forces in the successful Battle of Yaguajay.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

=== Post-Revolution ===
After the end of the revolution, Cienfuegos became the Chief of the Revolutionary Army and took over the former headquarters of Batista's army, the Columbia Camp.<ref name=":1" />

He disappeared while traveling from Camaguey to Havana in a plane on Oct. 28, 1959. His remains were never recovered despite extensive search efforts.<ref name=":1" />

== References ==
[[Category:Revolutionaries]]