Haydée Habla del Moncada

by Haydée Santamaría

Haydée Santamaría first achieved notoriety by being one of two women who participated in the armed attack by a group of young activists led by Fidel Castro that sparked the Cuban Revolution. She was captured and horrifically tortured but on her release joined the underground movement against the Batista dictatorship. Later, as director of the world-renowned literary institution Casa de las Americas, Haydée embraced culture as a tool for social change and provided refuge for exiled Latin American artists and intellectuals.

90 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Haydée Santamaría Cuadrado was a revolutionary and politician, regarded as a heroine in post-revolutionary Cuba. She participated in the assault on Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953, an action for which she was imprisoned along with Melba Hernández. She was a founding member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and one of the first women to join the PCC. She maintained a high position in its leadership throughout her life.