Alberto Bayo y Giroud (1892, Camagüey—1967, Havana) was a Cuban military leader of the defeated left-wing Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. He was also a poet and essayist. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The mud jars The statue of Ignacio Agramonte on the Plaza de Revolucion Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Rooftops of Camagüey and Maceo street Iglesia San Francisco and Estadio Cándido González in the background Camagüey (founded as Santa María del Puerto del... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Aerial view of Havana Havana (Spanish in full: San Cristóbal de La Habana, usually shortened to just La Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ... In politics, left-wing, the political left or simply The Left are terms that refer to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy or social liberalism, and defined in contradistinction to its polar opposite, the right. ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain -Visigoths -Al-Andalus -Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History Flag of the... The Spanish Civil War (July 18, 1936–April 1, 1939) was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political left-wing groups fought against a right-wing nationalist insurrection led by General Francisco Franco, who eventually succeeded in ousting the Republican government and establishing a personal dictatorship. ...

He was born in Cuba and studied in the United States and Spain. Bayo's most significant action during the Spanish Civil War was his invasion and retreat from the island of Mallorca. Mallorca (in Catalan, Spanish, and English; also called Majorca in English) is one of the Balearic Islands (Catalan: Illes Balears, Spanish: Las Islas Baleares), which are located in the Mediterranean Sea and are part of Spain. ...

After that war was lost, Bayo had a furniture factory in Mexico, and is said to have been an instructor at the Military Academy of Guadalajara. Bayo had contact in Mexico with prominent Latin American revolutionaries, and was associate/mentor of some, including Ernesto Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. While it is not known if he continued direct contact with Soviet Union agents such as "Comandante Carlos Contreras" Vittorio Vidale after the war was lost in Spain, both were present in Mexico for throughout the same period. Cityhall Downtown Guadalajara Plaza Tapatia at night Plaza de la Liberacion & Cathedral Guadalajara is the second largest city in Mexico, located in the Western-Pacific region. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Che Guevara Ernesto Rafael Guevara de la Serna (May 14, 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (pron. ... Vittorio Vidale (aka Enea Sormenti, Jacobo Hurwitz Zender, Carlos Contreras, Comandante Carlos) was a stalinist assassin and what is commonly called a communist agent. ...

Alberto Bayo died a General of the Cuban Armed Forces. National security Under Castro, Cuba became a highly militarized society. ...

Bayo as author and poet

• Cualquier cosilla (poesía), España, 1911
• Mis cantos de aspirante (poesía), España, 1911
• Cadetadas (poesía), España, 1912
• Canciones del Alkázar (poesía), España, 1914
• Juan de Juanes (novela), España, 1926
• Uncida al yugo (novela), España, 1926
• Dos años en Gomara, España, 1928
• La guerra será de los guerrilleros, España, 1937
• El tenorio laico (poesía), España, 1938
• Mi desembarco en Mallorca, México, 1944
• Tempestad en el Caribe, México, 1950
• Cámara, México (historia), 1951
• El caballero de los tristes destinos (capitán Alonso de Ojeda), México, 1953
• Magallanes, el hombre más audaz de la tierra, México, 1953
• 150 preguntas a un guerrillero, México, 1955
• Fidel te espera en la Sierra (poesía), México, 1958
• Mis versos de rebeldía, México, 1958
• Sangre en Cuba (poesía), México, 1958
• Mi aporte a la revolución cubana, 1960
• El tenorio cubano (poesía), 1960
• Versos revolucionarios, 130 pp, 1960
• Mis versos, 223 pp, 1965

External links and references

• Cubaliteraria: Albert Bayo (Spanish)
• Biografías del Bando Republicano (Spanish)
• wannadoo: Alberto Bayo (Spanish)
• El Ejército Popular Republicano (Spanish)
• España en Guerra (Spanish) (.pdf)
• Alberto Bayo: Gerilla Nedir? (Spanish)