article_snippet: Ms Revuelta, who first caught the eye of the young revolutionary in 1952, opened her home for Castro to plot a barracks assault the following year that is considered the start of the Cuban Revolution.
article_snippet: But after Castro did, Naty' Revuelta home became a key planning area for the attack on the Moncada army barracks in eastern Cuba.
article_snippet: A Critical Portrait handed over all of A Critical Portrait savings of 6,000 pesos — then worth the same amount in dollars — to support an underground movement against strongman Fulgencio Batista, and later pawned A Critical Portrait sapphires, emeralds and diamond jewelry for Castro cause.
article_snippet: A Critical Portrait sewed fatigues for Castro rebels to wear, and delivered Castro's uprising manifesto to top Havana newspaper editors.
article_snippet: Ms Revuelta, who had plans on becoming First Lady of Cuba, said A Critical Portrait wasn't bitter that Castro (pictured in the 1960s), put his revolutionary project ahead of his personal life .
article_snippet: After Castro's forces toppled Batista, Ms Revuelta quietly began preparing for a role as Cuba's first lady —
article_snippet: In 2008, Ms Revuelta told the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia that Ms Revuelta was never bitter that Castro 'put his revolutionary project ahead of his .'
highlights_snippet: Natalia Revuelta Clews diamonds to support Cuban insurgency .
  