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Period: to
Fulgencio Batista rules Cuba
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Batista attempts to instate a constitution
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Batista returns to the presidency
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Fidel Castro and followers launch an attack on military barracks, Castro is captured
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Castro and Che Guevara begin to gather strength in the mountains of Cuba
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Guevara's and Castro's movement gains spport from students and other dissidents, forming the "26th of July Movement"
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Relations with the United States are broken off
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Confrontation between the US and USSR begins due to discovery of Soviet missles
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Che Guevara loses his life