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In 1959, a rebel, Fidel Castro, overthrew the reign of Fulgencia
Batista in Cuba; a small island 90 miles off the Florida coast. There have
been many coups and changes of government in the world since then. Few if
any have had the effect on Americans and American foreign policy as this
one.
In 1952 ....
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.... On January 1959, he prevailed and overthrew the Batista
government.
Castro promised to restore democracy in Cuba, a feat Batista had failed
to accomplish. This promise was looked upon benevolently but watchfully by
Washington. Castro was believed to be too much in the hands of the people
to stretch the rules of politics very far. The U.S. government supported
Castro's coup. It professed to not know about Castro's Communist leanings.
Perhaps this was due to the ramifications of Senator Joe McCarty's
discredited anti-Communist diatribes.
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