The General Strike and the Civil War in the Sierra Maistra

The general strike was launched on april ninth, 19 58. It failed and Betista wasted no time in unleashing a wave of retaliatory terror. The rebels fight the way a cot the wopen boftegainst, murderous gunfire. They endure two days without food and shivering with cold,. drinking this pestilential water that is our only nourishment. And havana, batista invites the prest to his pelos. Ther ar standbags on the roof an the army sent in ten thousand troops at fidel's columnwas a real close up battle for the rebels.