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Cuba & the USA: an intertwined history

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Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution in 1959

The origins of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 is a movement against Batista as a as someone who took power illegally and Fidel he comes into this he comes onto the national scene in a very powerful way. There were mob links with other governments in the 40 that were not um batista governments but a lot of it had begun during during the period of of rising uh u.s. tourism so it even preceded this right the fact what in the in the years of of prohibition when so many american tourists were going to cuba because they can drink.

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