Cuba: A painting showing Fidel Castro celebrating with the people the overthrow of the US-backed Batista regime in 1959, Museo de la Revolucion (Museum of the Revolution), Havana

The Cuban Revolution was a successful armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, which overthrew the US-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista on 1 January 1959, after over five years of struggle.

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David Henley

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