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Ciboney Taíno were the inhabitants before the Spanish
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Before Cuba was taken by America
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The four years the United States Occupied the Country
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September 1933, the Sergeants' Revolt, led by Sergeant Fulgencio Batista, overthrew Cespedes
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1940 Cuba attempted to strengthen its democratic system, but mounting political radicalization and social strife culminated in a coup and subsequent dictatorship under Fulgencio Batista in 1952.
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In 1956, Fidel Castro and about 80 supporters landed from the yacht Granma in an attempt to start a rebellion against the Batista government
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Batista's rules were unfavorable, full of corruption, and oppression.
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After Castro captured Santa Clara, Batista fled with his family to the Dominican Republic on 1 January 1959
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Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, and a nuclear war nearly broke out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962
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Constitution of 1992, which is "guided by the ideas of José Martí and the political and social ideas of Marx, Engels and Lenin." The constitution describes the Communist Party of Cuba as the "leading force of society and of the state"
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In February 2008, Fidel Castro announced his resignation as President of Cuba.On 24 February his brother, Raúl Castro, was declared the new President. In his inauguration speech, Raúl promised that some of the restrictions on freedom in Cuba would be removed.
