Biography
After exile in Mexico, Castro rebuilt a guerrilla army in the Sierra Maestra and entered Havana on 1 January 1959. The new state nationalized major property and aligned with the Soviet Union.
North America · 1951–1990
FC
Primary revolution
Fidel Castro
Cuban Revolution
Led the guerrilla war that overthrew Fulgencio Batista and then ruled Cuba for nearly five decades.
Life
1926–2016
1926–2016
Place
Havana, Cuba
Havana, Cuba
Years
1953–1959
1953–1959
Map
23.1136, -82.3666
23.1136, -82.3666
Revolution
Theme. Anti-dictatorship · Socialism
Key figures. Che Guevara, Raúl Castro
Outcome. Batista’s dictatorship was replaced by a communist one-party state.
Casualties. The insurrection killed thousands. Later repression and exile followed.
Influence. The most important revolutionary state in the Americas after 1959.