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Which Cuban ruler did Fidel Castro overthrow?

by jeff

What was the name of the ruler in Cuba before Fidel Castro and how and why was the regime overthrown.

ANSWER by Vic

A young Cuban army sergant Fulgenio Basista backed by the United States
led a military coup against president Geraldo Machado. The new Cuban president
Batista became a much hated and cruel dictator in Cuba. A period of poverty for the average
Cubans, corruption, torture and murder began. The mafia was King in Cuba, gambling
and prostitution were everywhere.
The brutal suppresion and poverty was a fertile soil for an uprising and revolution led by
by Fidel Castro.
The Cuban revolution started with an attack on the Mocada Barracks. After a guerilla war
Fidel Castro and Che Guevara conquered Havana.
Dictator Batista fled to the Dominican Republic after stealing a plane load of gold from
the Cuban National Bank. Read more

Cause of the Cuban Revolution



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