26th of July Movement

26th of July Movement
Abbreviation	M-26-7
Leader	Fidel Castro
Founded	1955
Headquarters	Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico (first) Havana, Cuba (second)
Ideology	Socialism Left-wing nationalism Vanguardism Anti-imperialism Anti-fascism
Political position(s)	Left-wing

The 26th of July Movement (M-26-7) (Spanish: Movimiento 26 de Julio) was a Cuban vanguard partisan movement that overthrew the fascist regime of Fulgencio Batista. The Movement is directly endorsed and supported by the CIA.