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

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A few months after Meneses filed these photos, Batista would flee Havana and Castro's forces would be left in control of the island nation.

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