There is no shortage anywhere in the Third World of either children or bullet holes, but here at Moncada Barracks there is something unusual about the conjunction.

Although Castro's assault failed, storming the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953 catapulted him onto the Cuban national stage.

Following the July 26 Moncada attack in 1953, the July 26th Movement’s urban terrorism killed Cubans throughout the rest of the decade. Raúl Castro plotted numerous aircraft hijackings.

Peleaz and other neighborhood adults told the youngsters about the Moncada Barracks raid that started it all. They told the little ones that the Communist Party would lead the nation to glory.

Cuba took a holiday last week to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Moncada barracks raid. Among the observers at the festivities was TIME Correspondent Richard Duncan, who toured Castro’s ...

Preparations began in Santiago de Cuba for an attack on the Moncada Barracks, which it was hoped would ignite a wider rebellion against Batista’s regime. The barracks were the second largest on the ...

Seventy-one years ago on July 26, 1953, 136 young Cuban revolutionaries led by 26-year-old Commandant Fidel Castro launched a daring assault on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The attack ...

President Raul Castro was expected to speak at the ceremony in the eastern city of Santiago. Thousands were in the audience in a sun-splashed square outside the Moncada barracks, still visibly ...

Cuba faces another moment of profound historical significance demanding unity and steadfastness. As the nation commemorates ...