batista vs castro Flashcards
who was cuba originally ruled by
between 1933 and 1959, cuba was ruled by a corrupt and brutal government led by bastista
what did american investment mean
american investment had enabled many members of the cuban government and us businessmen to become very wealthy but life for ordinary cubans was tought
who was castro
with many cubans fed up with batistas regime by the 1950s, a young lawyer named fidel castro called for a revolution
what happened to castro
castro was arrested and sent into exile
how did castro make a comeback
castro returned to cuba with 81 supporters in 1956 and started a 2 year guerilla war campaign against the government
how did castro overcome batista
with growing support, january 1 1959, batistas government collapsed and castro declared a new cuba
