HIST 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista
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In the first few days of the new year, in cuba 1959, after nearly seven years of attempting to overthrow the batista regime, revolution leader fidel. Castro and his many followers, including marxist revolutionary ernesto che . With castro going on to be prime minister of cuba, his co-leaders like. Guevara were put in charge of various political aspects of the country. Che guevara is often viewed as a political hero, when in reality many of his most influential and significant contributions to history remain unpopular. The united states had long been in support of cuban dictator fulgencio. Batista, since he came into power in 1952. With the us"s fear that castro"s takeover could include attacks on us involvement with cuba, american officials continued to support the batista. Towards the late 1950"s, as the brutality and corruption of the batista. Regime came more into focus domestically, us officials were forced to withdraw their support.
