50 years ago, Cuba's rebels took control
Dec. 31, 1958, in Havana began as a subdued New Year's Eve, a reflection of tense, unstable times. Explosions sometimes went off in theaters back then, and police trying to quash an insurrection often stopped and searched folks on the street.
Looking to avoid trouble, most Cubans celebrated safely by staying in. That year, many of the people who would become Miami's top civic and political leaders were teenagers huddled at home with parents afraid to let them revel outside.
Rebel leader Fidel Castro was in the eastern Sierra Maestra mountains, preparing to attack the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba while he negotiated with top military commanders and dictated memos through the night. Argentine doctor and rebel leader Ernesto ''Ché'' Guevara had just defeated the Cuban army in the central city of Santa Clara, and Castro's younger brother Raúl was poised to take the far eastern city of Guantánamo.
More of this insightful Miami Herald article can be found here.
Looking to avoid trouble, most Cubans celebrated safely by staying in. That year, many of the people who would become Miami's top civic and political leaders were teenagers huddled at home with parents afraid to let them revel outside.Rebel leader Fidel Castro was in the eastern Sierra Maestra mountains, preparing to attack the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba while he negotiated with top military commanders and dictated memos through the night. Argentine doctor and rebel leader Ernesto ''Ché'' Guevara had just defeated the Cuban army in the central city of Santa Clara, and Castro's younger brother Raúl was poised to take the far eastern city of Guantánamo.
More of this insightful Miami Herald article can be found here.
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American born, with Cuban parents, I have always heard the horror stories and disbelief, on how such a terror, can maintain and continue to live so long. And my answer has and will always be, ECONOMICS.