On March 10, 1952, Cubans had awakened to the news that Fulgencio Batista, a former president and a candidate with little hope of victory in ... young lawyer named Fidel Castro.
The mainstream press has been soft on Fidel since he first grabbed ... “Power does not interest me,” Castro told Matthews. “After victory I want to go back to my village and just be a ...
The Batista regime was extremely unpopular with the Cuban people. In 1956, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara gathered a force of guerrilla fighters and started a revolutionary war against government ...
President Raul Castro reaffirmed the Cuban people’s commitment to the revolution, exclaiming: “Fidel, Fidel, ever onward to victory! “Let us swear to defend the homeland and socialism,” he said. He ...
Balart, a Cuban-American Republican politician who defended immigrants and fiercely opposed Fidel Castro’s regime to help ...
Fidel Castro’s internationalism is evidenced in the wide range ... Long live our revolution! Forever onwards, till victory! THE greatest achievement of revolution is “you,” the free people. The ...
1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as premier of Cuba ... although Johnny Beauchamp was initially declared the winner, the victory was later awarded to Lee Petty. 1980, the “Miracle on Ice ...