
Revolutionary Period
1959 Fidel Castro assumed command and began consolidation of power. Castro visited Caracas, the United States, Canada, and Buenos Aires. First Agrarian Reform Law promulgated. Castro became prime minister and replaced Manuel Urrutia with his hand-picked candidate, Osvaldo Dorticós. Major Camilo Cienfuegos died in a plane crash. Major Huber Matos sentenced to twenty years in