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.
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∙ 13y agoFidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1933
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∙ 15y agoFulgencio Batista.
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∙ 12y agoIt was Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar.
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In the CIA-supported Bay of Pigs operation of 1961, Cuban exiles unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow the Communist government of Cuba, which was led by Fidel Castro at the time.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from US government armed forces, to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
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Fidel Castro's new Cuban Gov't (communist - during Cold War)
Castro came to power after the Cuban Revolution, which overthrew the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Batista,
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt that led to the overthrow of dictator Fulgencio Batista of Cuba on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement led by Fidel Castro.
As a communist nation, Cuba accepted military assistance from the Soviet Union (Russia). Castro accepted & allowed Soviet (Russian) missiles to be installed on Cuban soil.
The US recruited Cuban exiles to invade the Bay of Pigs in Cuba in 1961 in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's government. The invasion was ultimately unsuccessful and tarnished the reputation of President Kennedy.
Fulgencio Batista .
overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
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