In 1952, after Fulgencio Bastista y Zald'var seized control of the Cuban government, Castro became the leader. He took control of Cuba in 1959 and established a Communist dictatorship. Cuban exiles tried to overthrow Castro in 1961, now known as The Bay of Pigs. In the early 1960s Castro openly embraced communism and formed close ties with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), relying increasingly on Soviet economic and military aid.

Castro led his first attack on July 26, 1953, against the military barracks in Santiago, but he was defeated and arrested. Castro was to spend 15 years in prison. Fortunately he was released on 1955 by Batista in show of supreme power. His second attack was on December 2, 1956, he was defeated again by Batista's army and fled to the Sierra Maestra. Finally, his third attack, with the aid of their rebellious Cubans, Castro made Batista flee the country.

ng led the July 26th uprising against Batista. Released in 1955, he went into exile in the United States and Mexico. In 1956 he returned to Cuba and led a rebellion from the Sierra Maestra region of Oriente Province. His rebel forces, known as the 26th of July movement, won steadily increasing popular support. Batista fled from the country on January 1, 1959, and Castro assum

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