Fidel Castro Steps Down

Fidel Castro Cuba Communism
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The March to Havana
After Castro organized his small insurgency, an inept Cuban army was unable to stop them. After two years of battle in the countryside, the hated dictator Batista fled the capital and Castro and his men headed for Havana. They were cheered by crowds all along the way.

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