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
Cuba–United States relations
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Modern diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States are cold, stemming from historic conflict and divergent political ideologies. The two nations restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2
The Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C. in 2023
The Embassy of the United States in Havana in 2016
John Quincy Adams, who as U.S. Secretary of State compared Cuba to an apple that, if severed from Spain, would gravitate towards the U.S.
First hoisting of the United States Flag by the U.S. Marines on Cuban soil, June 11, 1898