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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 1952, former Cuban president Batista
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,led a military coup and seized power
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it became clear he was not going to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be re-elected. He placed Cuba under a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,repressive military dictatorship
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and began to establish close relations
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the United States.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This allowed American
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,companies to buy up the majority of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,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