This man was arrested following an attack on the Moncada barracks.
After this man made an unsuccessful armed return to his home country, he and about a dozen remaining followers waged a guerrilla warfare campaign from the Sierra Maestra mountains. This man was arrested following an attack on the Moncada barracks. While in Mexico, he organized fellow exiles into the 26th of July movement. After several victories, his rival Fulgencio Batista fled the country and this man assumed power in 1959. For 10 points, name this man, the target of numerous CIA assassination plots and Cuban leader.
After this man made an unsuccessful armed return to his home country, he and about a dozen remaining followers waged a guerrilla warfare campaign from the Sierra Maestra mountains.
Fidel Castro [or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz]