Fidel Castro in the Jungle

Fidel Castro in the Jungle Fifty years ago, photographer Enrique Meneses accompanied the young revolutionary and his men for four months during their historic push to Havana
Enrique Meneses / Aurora

Jungle Outpost
It is estimated that Castro's forces in early 1958 numbered no more than 200 men.

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