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Castro leads a 9,000-strong guerrilla army into Havana, forcing Batista to flee. Castro becomes prime minister, his brother, Raul, becomes his deputy and Guevara becomes third in command.
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The U.S started putting sanctions on to Cuba reducing the peoples incomes
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Washington breaks off all diplomatic relations with Cuba
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The Cuban people became very poor after the U.S put sanctions
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Cuba's sole political party renamed the Cuban Communist Party.
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Cuban Communist Party approves a new socialist constitution; Castro elected president.
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Around 125,000 Cubans, many of them released convicts, flee to the US.
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The U.S has stop sanctions on Cuba but they still live in poverty and still have a communist party
