As early as September 1959, Valdim Kotchergin ( or Kochergin ), a KGB agent, was seen in Cuba.

As early as September 1959, Valdim Kotchergin ( or Kochergin ), a KGB agent, was seen in Cuba.

Since the establishment of the Revolutionary Government of Cuba in 1959, the country has sent more than 52, 000 medical workers abroad to work in needy countries, including countries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

* 1959 – Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.

* 2002 – Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

Argentine communist revolutionary Che Guevara ( left ) and Fidel Castro, leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008

Former British Intelligence officer Graham Greene examined the morality of espionage in left-wing, anti-imperialist novels such as The Heart of the Matter ( 1948 ) set in Sierra Leone, the seriocomic Our Man in Havana ( 1959 ) occurring in the Cuba of dictator Fulgencio Batista before his deposition by Fidel Castro's popular Cuban Revolution ( 1953 – 59 ), and The Human Factor ( 1978 ) about British support for the apartheid National Party government of South Africa, against the Red Menace.

* In 1959 Fidel Castro overthrew the regime of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, establishing a communist government in the country.

* President Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado ( Cuba )-from 1959

With the creation of the ALBA, Fidel Castro — leader of Cuba since 1959 — and Hugo Chávez reaffirmed their opposition to the perceived imperialism of the United States.

** Former U. S. President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a 5-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first U. S. President, in or out of office, to visit the island since Castro's 1959 revolution.

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; born August 13, 1926 ) is a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008.

Returning with them to Cuba, he took a key role in the Cuban Revolution, leading a successful guerrilla war against Batista's forces, overthrowing him in 1959.

More recently, articles in various financial periodicals, most notably Forbes magazine, have pointed to Fidel Castro, General Secretary of the Republic of Cuba since 1959, of likely being the beneficiary of up to $ 900 million, based on " his control " of state-owned companies.

During the Cold War, many Latin American nations such as Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua until 1979, Cuba until 1959, and Chile under the regime of General Augusto Pinochet were seen as U. S. client states, as the U. S. government had significant influence over the policies of those dictatorships.

* ( Communist Party of Cuba ) ( 1959 )

Lansky was the brother of Jacob " Jake " Lansky, who in 1959 was the manager of the Nacional Hotel in Havana, Cuba.

The 1959 Cuban revolution and the rise of Fidel Castro changed the climate for mob investment in Cuba.

From 1959, Chocolate's fame in Cuba was overlooked by Fidel Castro and his revolutionary forces, and he almost became a forgotten champion.

In turn, in August 1959, Johnny Abbes attempted to support an anti-Castro group led by Escambray near Trinidad, Cuba.

Company holdings in Cuba, which included sugar mills in the Oriente region of the island, were expropriated by the 1959 revolutionary government led by Fidel Castro.

* 1959: Joseph Martin and Philip Santora, New York Daily News, " for their exclusive series of articles disclosing the brutality of the Batista government in Cuba long before its downfall and forecasting the triumph of the Cuban revolution party led by Fidel Castro.

* Cuba: ( See also main article Agrarian Reform Laws of Cuba ) Land reform was among the chief planks of the revolutionary platform of 1959.

Cuba, located just from the US city of Key West, was of interest to the doctrine's founders, as they warned European forces to leave " America for the Americans ".

Despite this remarkable achievement, the Gatling's weight and cumbersome artillery carriage hindered their ability to keep up with infantry forces over difficult ground, particularly in Cuba, where roads were often little more than jungle footpaths.

** The Bay of Pigs Invasion ( 1961 ) – an unsuccessful attempt by a CIA-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from US government armed forces, to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro.

** Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.

* August 12 – Spanish-American War: Hostilities end between American and Spanish forces in Cuba.

The Cuba pavilion attracted threats that it would be destroyed by anti-Castro forces that never materialized.

The weakened British forces under Vernon launched an attack against Cuba, landing in Guantánamo Bay with a plan to march the forty five miles to Santiago de Cuba and capture the city.

Until February 2008, Cuba was led by President Fidel Castro, who was Chief of State, Head of Government, Prime Minister, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba ( CPC ), and Commander in Chief of the armed forces.

During the requests for the blockade ’ s end, Roosevelt stationed naval forces in Cuba, to ensure " the respect of Monroe doctrine " and the compliance of the parties in question.

In early April 1961, his brother Raúl Castro was assigned command of forces in the east, based in Santiago de Cuba.

In response, US ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson stated that US armed forces would not " under any conditions " intervene in Cuba, and that the US would do everything in its power to ensure that no US citizens would participate in actions against Cuba.

American armed forces leaders began to perceive Kennedy as going soft on Cuba, and the President became increasingly unpopular with the military, a rift that came to a head during Kennedy's disagreements with the service chiefs over the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Operation Anadyr () was the code name used by the Soviet Union for their Cold War ( 1962 ) secret operation of deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry in Cuba to create the army group that would be able to prevent an invasion of the island by U. S. forces.

The two Castro brothers with their army arrived on the outskirts of Santiago de Cuba and said their forces would storm the city at 6 PM January 1 if it did not first surrender.

However, U. S. land forces began to drive on Santiago de Cuba, and by the end of June 1898, Cervera found himself unable to remain safely in the harbor.

The Kennedy Family had long been leaders of the Irish Catholic wing of the Democratic Party ; JFK was middle-of-the-road or liberal on domestic issues and conservative on foreign policy, sending military forces into Cuba and Vietnam.

However, Fulgencio Batista of Cuba, despite the Cuban armed forces not being greatly involved in World War II, had suggested a joint U. S .- Latin American assault on Spain in order to overthrow the Franco regime.

The 1893 Mauser was used by the Spanish Army in Cuba against U. S. and Cuban insurrectionist forces.

They wore signs referring to David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib, two Australian citizens who were then being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, following their apprehension by United States forces in either ( this is disputed ) Afghanistan or Pakistan.