Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo and Pilón. The province takes its name from the yacht Granma, used by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro to land in Cuba with 82 guerrillas on December 2, 1956; until 1976 the area formed part of the larger Oriente Province. The American who sold the guerillas the …Granma is one of the provinces of Cuba. Its capital is Bayamo. Other towns include Manzanillo and Pilón. The province takes its name from the yacht Granma, used by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro to land in Cuba with 82 guerrillas on December 2, 1956; until 1976 the area formed part of the larger Oriente Province. The American who sold the guerillas the secondhand yacht in Mexico apparently had named it "Granma" after his grandmother. The name of the vessel became an icon for Cuban communism.
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