In 1962, Cuban leaders became convinced that the United States was planningan 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 launchsites. In October of that year, U.S. intelligence produced evidence that th...

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 Lawsdegree. 14) On July 26, 1953, he tried to start...

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 United States and...