Aaron Rodgers of the Packers, who will start at quarterback in the upcoming Super Bowl, just switched to a helmet he thinks offers superior protection. Rodgers says the helmet prevented a concussion when he took a brutal blow to the head from Julius Peppers of the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship Game.
It seemed that the American people didnât want the US government propping up dictators or leading coups anymore. With Matthewsâ praise Castro became a cause celebre. Eventually, the Eisenhower administration withdrew its support for Batista and that allowed Castro to come to power on January 1st 1959.
On January 8th 1959, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and the guerillas attacked Havana (capital of Cuba) Overthrew the Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista. Cuba and Soviet Russia. Cuba became a communist country through the revolution that occurred on January 8th, 1959 led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Cuba and Communism: Present Day. Cuba is still a communist country today. Fidel Castro resigned as president in 2008, and his brother Raul Castro became president.