The Cuban Revolution was a successful armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement., which overthrew the US-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista on 1 January 1959, after more than five years of struggle.
"The greatest threat presented by Castro’s Cuba is as an example to other Latin American states which are beset by poverty, corruption, feudalism, and plutocratic exploitation ... his influence in Latin America might be overwhelming and irresistible if, with Soviet help, he could establish in Cuba a Communist utopia."
The Cuban Revolution was a successful armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement., which overthrew the US-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista on 1 January 1959, after more than five years of struggle.