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Castro, Fidel
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...Fidel Castro (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz) (fēdĕl´ käs´trō), 1926–, Cuban revolutionary...government.See his memoirs (2 vol., 2012, in Spanish); his Fidel Castro: My Life: A Spoken Autobiography (with I. Ramonet, 2007, tr......
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Castro, Raúl
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......government official, younger brother of Fidel Castro. A loyal supporter of his brother and a Communist, Raúl Castro joined Fidel in the unsuccessful 1953 uprising...acting president in 2006 when Fidel Castro was forced by ill health and......
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Dorticós Torrado, Osvaldo
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......prosperous lawyer, he participated in Fidel Castro's revolutionary movement and...to Mexico, returning to Cuba after Castro's triumph (1959). As...Cuban government was reorganized, and Castro assumed the title of president; Dorticós......
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
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......insurrection in Cuba and overthrow the Communist regime of Fidel Castro. The Cuban army easily defeated the rebels and by Apr...Allen Dulles knew of the assessment. In Dec., 1962, Castro released 1,113 captured rebels in exchange for $53......
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Guevara, Che
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......Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán, and when Arbenz was overthrown (1954) fled to Mexico, where he met Fidel Castro and other Cuban rebels. Guevara became Castro's chief lieutenant soon after the rebel invasion of Cuba in 1956, in which he proved to be......
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Alliance for Progress
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......Kennedy. It was created principally to counter the appeal of revolutionary politics, such as those adopted in Cuba (see Fidel Castro). It called for vast multilateral programs to relieve the continent's poverty and social inequities and ultimately......
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Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio
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......coup. His second term as president was marked by brutal repression, which led to several uprisings, notably that of Fidel Castro. Pressed by the rebels and after a mock election (1958) had failed to calm the populace, Batista fled Cuba (Jan......
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Grau San Martín, Ramón
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......1952) in a second coup, he retained a measure of popularity. In 1954 he ran against Batista but charged fraud before the election and retired. After Batista's ouster (1959) by Fidel Castro, Grau remained in Cuba....
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Sierra Maestra
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......highest system of Cuba. It is rich in minerals, especially copper, manganese, chromium, and iron. Pico Turquino (6,560 ft/1,999 m) is the highest point. In the 1950s Fidel Castro had his base of operations in the mountains....
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Youth, Isle of
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......the island as Cuban. Near Nueva Gerona is a large prison, often used for political prisoners. During the regime of Fidel Castro, himself jailed there in 1953, the island has been extensively beautified, but political prisoners are incarcerated......