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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.64,0:00:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.85,0:00:08.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.10,0:00:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it became clear he was not going
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.64,0:00:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be re-elected. He placed Cuba under a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.52,0:00:13.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repressive military dictatorship
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.27,0:00:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to establish close
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.11,0:00:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,relations with the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.14,0:00:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This allowed American
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.28,0:00:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,companies to buy up the majority of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.23,0:00:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cuba's natural resources, plus under his
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rule, the country became a haven for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,organized crime syndicates, all of which
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,angered a young lawyer named Fidel Castro.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Castro put together a group of 138 men
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on July 26th, 1953, attacked an\Nisolated
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Barracks in Moncada in the hope of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,securing more weapons. The attack was a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disaster, and the rebels were fought back.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,securing more weapons. The attack was a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disaster, and the rebels were fought back.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of those who were not killed were
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,captured, including Fidel and his brother
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Raúl. The public trial of the captured
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rebels helped turn public opinion and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Castro's favor when he argued against
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the dictatorship and said, "History will
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absolve me". He was sentenced to 15 years
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in prison, but Batista was under
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,International and Domestic pressure for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reforms and released the political
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prisoners in just two years. Fidel and Raúl
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fled to Mexico to regroup and make new
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,plans for the revolution. They met with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other Cuban exiles and an Argentinian
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doctor named Che Guevara, who joined the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'26th of July Movement'. \NIn the meantime, a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,controversial election and increasing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unemployment in Cuba, led to more and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more anti-Batista riots, although they
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,weren't necessarily socialist. Batista
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,responded by becoming even more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oppressive, which led to even more people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,calling for him to resign. Back in Mexico,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the revolutionaries purchased a small
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yacht named 'Granma' and in November 1956,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,82 Men set sail for Cuba. The Cuban
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government, however, was aware that the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rebels were returning to Cuba and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attacked them. Only a handful of them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,survived to escape up into the mountains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From their Mountain Base they gathered
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new supporters and launched guerrilla
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attacks on Military targets. Plus, foreign
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,journalists were allowed to visit, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with their Pirate Radio Station,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this gave their struggle International
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention and ultimately increased their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,popularity. Meanwhile, in the cities too,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,new rebel groups were launching attacks
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against Batista. Angered and desperate, in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1958, Batista sent a large army into the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mountains to try and flush the rebels
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out once and for all. However, this was a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disaster and the hardened guerrilla
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighters were able to fight them back,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,causing many in the Army to switch sides.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The rebels then saw this as the perfect
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opportunity to launch a Counterattack.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Che Guevara took control of one arm of the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Rebel Army and headed to Santa Clara.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cienfuegos took another and marched into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yaguajay and Castro followed with the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reinforcements. As they passed through
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,towns and villages, they were largely
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,welcomed, demonstrating to the world that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Batista's regime was on the brink of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,falling. The International Community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,persuaded Batista to flee, allowing the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rebels to move into Havana in January,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1959, relatively unopposed. The
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revolutionaries took control of Cuba and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their leaders, Fidel, Raúl and Che,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,consolidated their power by wiping out
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all remnants of Batista from the island,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and arrested and killed many of those
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old supporters. This, as well as a few
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,other repressive laws, led to a large
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,number of people fleeing to the US. On
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other hand, they nationalized the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,land that was owned by us companies, shut
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,down the Mob's casinos and set about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reforming and improving health
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilities, housing and schools. These
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,socialist policies angered the Americans,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who decided to place economic sanctions
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on them. The US would also go on to aid a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,group of Cuban Exiles, in an attempt to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oust Fidel Castro in 1962. But the infamous
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Bay of Pigs' invasion was a disaster. In
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the aftermath of the 'Bay of Pigs'
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invasion, Castro announced that Cuba was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a Socialist Republic and rushed into
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seeking an alliance with the Soviets, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this friendship led to one of the most
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,infamous consequences of the revolution,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'The Cuban Missile Crisis'. The revolution
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spurred on left-wing idealists in Latin
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,America, whose actions indirectly led to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far-right reactionary dictatorships in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,countries like Argentina and Chile.