After Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar seized control of the Cuban government in 1952, Fidel Castro became a leader of an underground antigovernment fraction. A Year later he was jailed for having led the 26th uprising against Batista. In 1955 he was released and went into exile in the ...

For a period of thirteen days in October of 1962 the United States held its breath in fear of nuclear war. The Cuban missile crisis is considered by most to be the closest two countries came to nuclear war, apart from the nuclear bombing of Japan. The Cuban missile crisis was a major confrontation...

In 1962, Cuban leaders became convinced that the United States was planning an attack on Cuba. Cuban leaders asked the U.S.S.R. for more military aid. The U.S.S.R. responded by sending missiles and materials to build launch sites. In October of that year, U.S. intelligence produced evide...

Fidel Castro, who seized power of Cuba in 1959 mainly because of "The Cuban Revolution," is still in control after 41 years. Castro was born Fidel Castro Ruz in Oriente Province, Cuba. 1) Graduating from the University of Havana, Fidel has a Doctor of Laws degree. 14) On July 26, 1...