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. He led various successful campaigns against Machado's troops en route to

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and

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, who feared he would, again, rise up in arms. He was asked to enter Havana unarmed by the Government of Grau & Batista. Blas Hernandez, although known as ''El Sandino de Cuba'', supported the land reform through small holdings and was therefore an ideological enemy of

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, who favored collective holdings. Blas Hernandez rose revolt against Batista, with assistance from the

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membership, and made strong at Atarés Castle in Havana (see Infrastructure of Cuba). Batista used heavy artillery especially from the Cuban Naval Vessel Patria firing from the Harbor. The artillery caused massive losses and forced surrender. On surrender Hernandez was called out by name and when he answered he was immediately assassinated by a member of Batista's army Aparicio Laurencio, Ángel (Author) and Jorge Hernández Martín (Editor) 1994 Blas Hernández y la Revolución de 1933: La campana en los campos de Cuba (Colección Cuba y sus Jueces) Ediciones Universal 1st edition Miami

References

*Lazo, Mario 1972 El primer año de Castro. Chapter 10. Daga en el corazón. Minerva Books, New York. Printed in Barcelona Photos: Blas Hernandez with Batista page 49. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hernandez, Blas 1879 births 1933 deaths Assassinated Cuban people People murdered in Cuba