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cuba
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unsuccssful
Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful revolt against the Batista regime. -
lands in cuba
Castro lands in eastern Cuba from Mexico and takes to the Sierra Maestra mountains where, aided by Ernesto "Che" Guevara, he wages a guerrilla war. -
The US withdraws
The US withdraws military aid to Batista. -
over threw
In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. -
army
Castro leads a 9,000-strong guerrilla army into Havana, forcing Batista to flee. Castro becomes prime minister. -
businesses in Cuba
All US businesses in Cuba are nationalised without compensation; US breaks off diplomatic relations with Havana and imposes a trade embargo in response to Castro's reforms. -
failed invasion
failed invasion of cuba by via rebels in aprial, 1961 embarrassment to jfk administration. -
missile crisis
13 days in 1962 in which the U.S., Cuba, and the Soviet Union came to the brink of nuclear war over the installment of missile sites in Cuba by the Soviets
