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Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.

Historical image related to Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos. from September 5, 1957

Cuban Revolution

1955–58 armed rebellion against the Cuban government led by Fidel Castro

The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew the emerging Cuban democracy and…
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Fulgencio Batista

Cuban politician (1901–1973)

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer and dictator who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power in the 1930s until his overthrow in the Cuban Revolution in 1959. He served as president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944, and again from…
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Cienfuegos

Municipality in Cuba

Cienfuegos, capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about 250 km (160 mi) from Havana and has a population of 178,368 in 2022. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especially in the…
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