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.
Fidel Castro. Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew the corrupt regime of the dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and soon after established a Communist state. He was prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and has been president of the government and First Secretary of the Communist Party since 1976.