Cuban Missile Crisis
Grade 12
,KEY PLAYERS IN THE CUBAN STORY…..
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, THE CUBAN Fidel Castro established a revolutionary
socialist state in Cuba after he and a
REVOLUTION group of guerrilla fighters successfully
revolted against President Fulgencio
in 1959
Batista.
Batista, who had been supported by the
U.S. government for his anti-communist
stance, fled the country after seven
years of dictatorial rule.
Fidel Castro (center) arrives
Castro gradually strengthens relations
in Havana after Fulgencio
with the Soviet Union.
Batista's overthrow.
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