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October 1953
After getting criticized for the Santiago attack, Fidel Castro made a speech. He said what he had done was right. -
July 195
Fulgencio Batista was the ruler of Cuba. Fidel Castro led an uprising against him by attacking the military barracks at Santiago de Cuba. -
June 1955
The Castro brothers met in Mexico. He helped stir them up to continue their cause their cause was 80 other insurgents on a boat. -
January 1957
When castro's brothers arrived in Cuba they quickly took over an army outpost on the coast. Their victory made others in the country to take their side. -
April 1958
The Cuban people flocked behind Fidel Castro so when he told them to quit working and they all went on defense mode, and hurt their country's economy . -
November 1959
A Cuban plane flying out of Miami was hijacked. The hijackers wanted to use the plane to deliver weapons to Fidel Castro's troops -
February 1959
Castro's army was pushing in and fidel leads his group into Havana and the president of Havana flees the city's out because of Castro's army -
April 1959
Castro visits the US and The people in America greeted Castro like a hero, but some were nervous around him because they had heard he was a communist. They later learn they were right. -
May 1958
President Batista sent an army of 10,000 men to fight against Fidel Castro. Castro's small army defeated Batista's larger army so Castro had a great defeat -
January 1959
On the first day of this year, Batista fled from Cuba after resigning. On January 5, Manuel Urrutia became the President of Cuba. He was its 20th President. On the 16th of February, Fidel Castro became the Prime Minister of Cuba. He was one of the key players in leading the Cuban revolution to success.
