The Cuban Revolution began in July 1953 when Fidel Castro and his followers led a revolt against President Fulgencio Batista. Batista as a leader was more of a dictator and life in Cuba was not ...

On January 1, 1959, Cuba’s military dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country and the rebels, led by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, celebrated in Havana, ending the Cuban Revolution. Death toll ...

Spring: Embarrassed by Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista's brutality ... Castro reveals the class content of his revolution. "Cuba's revolutionary government was like that of ancient Athens ...

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Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (born Rubén Zaldívar ... dictator from 1952 to 1959 before being overthrown during the Cuban Revolution. Batista initially rose to power as part of the 1933 ...

2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution. It was on January 1st, 1959 that the dictator Fulgencio Batista was forced flee Cuba. A young revolutionary called Fidel Castro ...

William Leogrande, professor: The Cuban revolution is an example ... the United States recognized [Fulgencio] Batista immediately because at that time it was American policy to recognize dictators.

Rebels begin moving into Havana HAVANA, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - Fidel Castro, the 32-year-old rebel who led a successful revolt against Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, was ready to make a ...

Rebels begin moving into Havana HAVANA, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - Fidel Castro, the 32-year-old rebel who led a successful revolt against Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, was ready to make a ...