THE NORTH RIDING PROJECT

During the days of pursuit, Castro lost three-quarters of his guerrilla force: 61 men.  On December 16, he and his two companions finally reached the rendezvous at the farm of Ramon “Mongo” Perez, in a hard-to-reach area on the western slopes of the Sierra Maestra.  When Raul and four more men showed up a couple of days later, Fidel Castro amazed everyone with the assurance: “We’ll win this war.  We are just beginning to fight.”

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