Fidel Castro led an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada army barracks in 1953 in an attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Castro and his followers were captured and imprisoned but released in 1955. Castro then went into exile in Mexico where he organized a rebel army to launch a revolution. In 1959, Castro marched into Havana as Batista fled the country. Castro established a new government but it eventually became a repressive dictatorship. The Cuban economy struggled in the early 1960s due to Castro's policies.

1. The Cuban Revolution 1959-1961 By: Alexus Sommerville 3 rd Block Mrs.Crowder

5. July 1998 The Parque Central in Havana, Cuba

7. Moncada Garrison

9. Santiago de Cuba, where the attack on Moncada occurred.

16. A Cuban refugee boat going to the US during the Mariel Boatlift crisis. Map of the trip from Mariel to Florida.