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Fidel Castro was the political and revolutionary leader in Cuba who rose to fame after overthrowing the oppressive regime of Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and established a communist government in the country.
Castro and Eisenhower. On 1 January 1 1959, the President of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, gave up his office and fled Cuba, first to the Dominican Republic and then to Spain. Fidel Castro and his revolution took power in Batista's place. Castro named a judge, Manuel Urrutia, president.