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Batista elected
Batista elected Cuban senate and seizes power -
Castro leads rebels in attack
Catsro leads rebels in attack against military base in Cuba and followers begin to die -
Castro held for 15 years
Survivors of the attack are imprisoned and Castro is under arrest -
castros speech spreads
the 'History will Absolve Me' speech that Castro had announced while he was on trial begins to spread rapidly throughout the country -
Batista for president
Batista elected for president without opposition -
Meeting with Che Guevera
Fidel and Catsro meet for the first time in Mexico City -
Fidel and rebels released
in May, fidel and the members of his group that survived are out of prison because of Batista -
Castro arrival in Sierra Maestra mountains
Castro starts war and arrives in Sierra Maestra then sooner wages a campaign against Batista gov. -
Yacht landing
Fidel castro, Raul castro, and Che's yacht lands in Oriente Province -
Cuba first commuinist State
Cuba becomes the first communist state after Fidel Castro. The U.S.dictator seizes control after Batista flees Cuba -
U.S. Breaks off diplomatic reasons with Havana
American buisness are under the states control then Cuba wants to have a stronger bond with the Soviet Union -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Castro allies Cuba with the USSR. The U.S. breaks off reasons with Cuba because of the nationalazation of thier owned properties. Cuba gets invaded by U.S. trained rebels. John F. Kennedy supported the attack -
U.S. Against Cuba
U.S. imposes a commercial embargo against Cuba -
Guevara captured
Guerva disappeared from Cuban political scene and word spread around that he was "disillusioned" by Casros drift -
Cuba becomes a member
Cuba full member of "Soviet-based Council" -
Soviet military fleeds
Soviet military advisers fleed from Cuba which led to an collaspe of the USSR -
Fidel retires
Fidel announces his retirement and leaves Raul to take over
