Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of the Fulgencio Batista?s government by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in the 1950s. It began with the assault on the Moncada Barracks on July 26, 1953, and ended on January 1, 1959, when Batista was driven from the country and the cities Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba were seized by rebels, led by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, respectively. The term "Cuban Revolution" is also used to refer to the social revolution from 1959 to present and the adoption of Marxist principles by the new Cuban Government.

Trivia

The somewhat dramatized events of the Cuban Revolution played a key role in the plot of the Academy Award winning film The Godfather Part II.

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Academy Award - The Godfather Part II

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