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Escambray Rebellion
An anti-Castro guerrilla insurgency in the Escambray Mountains of central Cuba (1960-1965), involving former revolutionaries, peasants, and CIA-supported fighters. It was crushed by the Cuban military.
Ochoa Affair (1989)
The trial and execution of General Arnaldo Ochoa, a senior and popular military commander, on drug-trafficking charges in 1989, widely viewed as Castro eliminating a potential internal rival.