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Cuban Revolution Facts
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Many Cubans disagree about the revolution. The thousands of middle and upper class Cubans who left the nation (to Miami) hate Castro and have kept the pressure on the United States government to retain the embargo.
Many people still in Cuba have tried to leave to the United States or Mexico in rafts and boats
There are still many in Cuba who love Fidel and continue the revolution
Under Castro, Cuba has become an international stage.
thousands of Cuban troops were sent to Angola in the 1970's to support a movement.
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Raul Castro and Ché Guevara were put in charge of organizing squads to execute Batista's era "war criminals" who had engaged in torture and murder.
The United States placed a trade embargo in 1962 which led to years of hardship for the Cuban people.
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The Movement organization reformed, becoming the Communist Party in October 1965. The Communist Party, now headed by Castro's brother Raúl, continues to govern Cuba today.
Castro's government began a program of nationalization that transformed Cuba's economy and civil society
On the morning of July 26, 1953, Castro made his attack on Moncada
138 men attacked at dawn at Moncada
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19 federal soldiers were killed, and the remaining took out their anger on captured rebels and most of them were shot. Fidel and Raul Castro escaped, but were captured later.
“History will absolve me.” quoted Castro. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison, and became a recognized figure and a hero to many poor Cubans.
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The Cuban Revolution in 1953–1959 a was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's July 26th Movement
The revolution began in July 1953, and replaced the President's government with a revolutionary socialist state on January 1, 1959