What dictator did Fidel Castro depose when he took control of Cuba in 1959?

Answer 1

The dictator of Cuba from 1952 to 1959 was Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973), a former president from 1933 to 1944. With the backing of the US, Batista controlled much of the island's politics. Castro managed to gain popular support, as well as crucial military support from the USSR, in his establishment of a communist government on the island.

Answer 2

Having twice assumed the presidency of Cuba in coups, in 1933 and in 1952, Fulgencio Bastista (1901-1973) was the dictator of Cuba before Fidel Castro came to power in a communist revolution in 1959.

Answer 3

Fidel was a lawyer. In 1952 Fidel Castro became a candidate for Congress for the Cuban People's Party and he was the favorite for the next election. But General Fulgencio Batista, with the support of the armed forces, took control of the country. Castro with 123 men and women attacked the Moncada Army Barracks. He was arrested was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. He was released after two years. Castro left for Mexico where he began to plan another attempt to overthrow the Cuban government.

After building up a stock of guns and ammunition, Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida, and eighty other rebels arrived in Cuba in 1956. This group became known as the July 26 Movement and they made their base in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. As the history shows he did not used the military but instead he used revolutionaries. He came in power on the 1th of January 1959.

Answer 4

fidel Castro

Answer 5

Furgensio Batista.