Greeted as a hero, he told jubilant crowds, “This time, the Revolution is for Real.” A Communist Threat Rebels occupied government offices and army posts while crowds looted the casinos and hotels that symbolized Batista’s corruption.Ī week later, Castro arrived in the capital. And the Cuban people erupted in a joyous New Year’s celebration. Castro wrote to Che, saying: “The war is won, the enemy is collapsing with a resounding crash.”ĭays later, Batista fled the country. His men took over the city of Santa Clara in central Cuba. In late 1958, a guerrilla column under Che Guevara derailed an armored train filled with Batista’s troops. Even the US government decided the time had come to disassociate itself from Batista. But the obvious fraud was clear to all Cubans. As expected, Batista’s handpicked successor won in a landslide. The Batista government now tried to salvage the situation by sponsoring elections that November. (Image: Prachaya Roekdeethaweesab/Shutterstock) Batista Flees Cubaįidel Castro unified several anti-Batista organizations under his leadership and moved toward Havana. When Castro arrived in the capital, he was greeted as a hero. And it gave the Castro rebels a military victory on July 21 that proved to be the turning point in the civil war. Instead of dispensing with Fidel, the confrontation produced massive desertions in the Cuban Army. But it achieved the opposite of what Batista intended. By Lynne Ann Hartnett, Villanova University In May 1958, Cuban General Fulgencio Batista’s army attacked Fidel Castro’s forces at their home base in the mountains.
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