Cuban Revolution
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The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup
Fidel Castro and his men in the Sierra Maestra, 1956
Fulgencio Batista in military uniform in 1952, the year of his coup to gain power
Fidel Castro under arrest after the July 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba
Student protests in Havana, 1956
Che Guevara
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Ernesto "Che" Guevara de la Serna was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, politician, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, his stylized vi
Cuban Revolution
…Castros fled into exile. During their exile, the Castros consolidated their strategy in Mexico and subsequently reentered Cuba in 1956, accompanied by Che Guevara, whom they had encountered during their time in Mexico. Returning to Cuba aboard the Granma, the Castros, Guevara, and other supporters encountered…
Guerrillero Heroico, 1960
Baby Ernesto
Ernesto aged 5 in 1933
Teenage Ernesto (left) with his parents and siblings, c. 1944. Left to right: Celia (mother), Celia (sister), Roberto, Juan Martín, Ernesto (father) and Ana María