He sold his law books and car, recruited his brother Raul and 150-odd friends, raised $20,000 for guns and contraband army uniforms. At dawn on July 26. 1953, Fidel Castro led a column of 13 cars ...

"I am Fidel" Cubans are deeply divided over ... and later with the backing of Venezuela's oil-rich government. Wearing a military uniform Raul Castro was accompanied by Venezuelan president ...