Editing History Will Absolve Me (section)

{{Short description|Speech made by Fidel Castro in his trial in 1953}}
{{italic title}}
{{Fidel Castro series}}
'''''History Will Absolve Me''''' (Spanish: ''La historia me absolverá'') is the title of a two-hour speech made by [[Fidel Castro]] on 16 October 1953. Castro made the speech in his own defense in court against the charges brought against him after he led an [[attack on the Moncada Barracks]] in [[Cuba]]. The speech later became the manifesto of his [[26th of July Movement]]. 

Though sentenced to terms of up to 15 years for their roles in the attack, all of the rebels were released after an amnesty granted by [[Fulgencio Batista]] in 1955. Castro relocated to Mexico, before returning to Cuba on the ''[[Granma (yacht)|Granma]]'' yacht in December 1956.<ref name=Thomas1986-111>Thomas (1986), p. 111.</ref>

The speech was secretly printed as a pamphlet by El Curita at [[Plaza del Vapor, Havana|Plaza del Vapor]] which was demolished in 1959 by the Castro government and made into a park named El Curita.<ref>[[:File:Parque El Curita.Dragones, Aguila. Havana.jpg]]</ref>