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Fidel Castro Takes Havana

22/03/2016

BBC World Service - Witness History, Fidel Castro Takes Havana

In 1959, the rebel leader took control of Cuba's capital city.

In January 1959, the rebel leader took control of Cuba's capital city. Carlos Alzugaray was one of thousands of people who turned out to greet him.

In January 1959 the rebel leader entered Cuba's capital city. The US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista had fled and Castro immediately set about establishing his left-wing revolution. Carlos Alzugaray was then a teenager, and one of thousands of people who turned out to greet him.

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