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Cuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias


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    • FAR (Cuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias)
    • F.A.R. (Cuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias)
    • Cuba. Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias
    • RVS Kuby
    • R.V.S. Kuby
    • Cuba. Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionnye vooruzhennye sily Kuby
    • RVS (Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionnye vooruzhennye sily Kuby)
    • R.V.S. (Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionnye vooruzhennye sily Kuby)
    • Cuba. Revolutionary Armed Forces
    • Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
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      • found: Verde olivo, 1961-
      • found: Muzhestvo i bratstvo, 1982:t.p. (RVS Kuby) verso t.p. (Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡ionnykh vooruzhennykh sil Kuby) p. 6, etc. (RVS)
      • found: The Cuban military under Castro, c1989:p. x (Revolutionary Armed Forces)
      • found: Sitio y toma de Tunas, 1973:title page (las FAR)
      • found: Cuba defensa, sitio Web de la Defensa de la República de Cuba, viewed 28 May 2019:La Constitución de la República de Cuba y la defensa (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias: in Constitución of 15 February 1976, artículo 43) FAR: Breve historia del Minfar (page tab header: FAR; in January 1959, Ley no. 13: reorganization of armed forces, dissolution of Ejército de Cuba; 16 October 1959: Ley no. 599 dissolved Ministerio de Defensa Nacional, and Ley no. 600 created Ministerio de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, Minfar; headed by Comandante Raúl Castro Ruz; as administrative body, Estado Mayor General created April 1961; in months before and after Batalla de Playa Girón [Bay of Pigs attempted invasion, 17 April 1961], the armies and types of armed forces were created, and leadership units were incorporated that, together with the central apparatus, completed structure of military organization) - http://www.cubadefensa.cu/?q=historia-minfar&b=d1
      • found: VIAF, 29 May 2019(authorized access points in VIAF cluster: Cuba. Fuerzas armadas revolucionarias, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba fuerzas armadas cubana, Kuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias; also: Cuba., Ministério de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (National Library of Portugal, RERO); VIAF ID: 152323113 (Corporate)) - http://viaf.org/viaf/152323113
      • found: Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre, 29 May 2019(Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Cuba; Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias (FAR) de Cuba; the regular army of República de Cuba; its origins in Ejército Rebelde, which overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista (2 December 1956-1 January 1959); officially founded 2 December 1961; Constitución cubana de 1976 established that Presidente del Consejo de Estado occupies Jefatura Suprema of FAR and determines its general organization; Comandante en Jefe: Miguel Díaz-Canel; Ministro de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias: General de Cuerpo de Ejército Leopoldo Cintra Frías)
      • found: Wikipedia, 29 May 2019:Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR); consist of ground forces, naval forces, air and air defence forces, and other paramilitary bodies, including the Territorial Troops Militia (Milicias de Tropas Territoriales, MTT), Youth Labor Army (Ejército Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT), and Defense and Production Brigades (Brigadas de Producción y Defensa, BPD), plus Civil Defense Organization (Defensa Civil de Cuba, DCC) and National Reserves Institution (Instituto Nacional de las Reservas Estatales, INRE; the most powerful institution in Cuba; manages many enterprises in key economic sectors; main units: Revolutionary Army (Ejército Revolucionario), Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force (Defensa Anti-Aérea y Fuerza Aérea Revolucionaria, commonly abbreviated to DAAFAR in both Spanish and English), Cuban Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR); founded: 1959; current form: 1960; headquarters: Havana; First Secretary: Raúl Castro; current Commander-in-chief: President Miguel Díaz-Canel; Minister of the FAR: Corps Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frías)
      • found: Wikidata, 29 May 2019(Revolutionary Armed Forces (Q663472); also known as: Cuban Armed Forces, armed forces of Cuba, military of Cuba, Cuban Military, Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, mil Cuba; description: combined military forces of Cuba; instance of: armed forces; inception: 1960 (1 reference: English Wikipedia)) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q663472
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      • 1981-11-02: new
      • 2019-05-31: revised
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