SANTA CLARA, CUBA 1959
The Cuban regime has fallen, President Fulgencio Batista has fled, and the revolutionary Fidel Castro is on a victorious march to Havana to take power. It’s 1 January 1959, the day that Castro’s guerillas – led by Argentinian Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara – achieved a decisive victory by capturing the city of Santa Clara. Here, Castro, standing on a makeshift balcony with his arms raised, gives a passionate speech to hundreds of his supporters. He would rule Cuba for nearly 50 years.
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