12.30.2008 9:01 pm
Cuba Libre: 50 years after the revolution, it’s time to move on
Fifty years ago today, rebel forces captured the city of Santa Clara in central Cuba, sending the island nation’s dictator, Fulgencio Batista, into a New Year’s Eve panic. He fled for…


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