On the morning of July 26, 1953, a group of young revolutionaries led by a little-known lawyer named Fidel Castro launched an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. It was a desperate gamble, an audacious assault against the heart of Fulgencio Batista’s military regime. Most of the attackers were either killed or …
In the early morning hours of April 17, 1961, a covert U.S.-backed mission unfolded on the southern shores of Cuba. Known as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the operation aimed to overthrow Fidel Castro, the country’s communist leader. The plan, orchestrated by the CIA, relied on a force of Cuban exiles trained and armed by …
On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as the premier of Cuba, marking the beginning of a new era in the island nation’s history. After years of guerrilla warfare and a successful revolution against the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista, Castro and his revolutionary forces seized control of Havana, ushering in a socialist government …
