Along with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Raúl Castro, he was a member of the 1956 Granma expedition, which launched Fidel Castro's armed insurgency against the government of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Bersama dengan Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida Bosque, dan Raúl Castro, ia menjadi anggota ekspedisi Granma 1956, yang meluncurkan pemberontakan bersenjata Fidel Castro melawan pemerintahan diktator Kuba Fulgencio Batista.