Crisis itself in october, 1962. That will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. The last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. And that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks in santiago, cuba. 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. With that, he was on the run, he was in exile. He went to mexico. His brother, raul, as well. They would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. That is about where we left off. One thing i didnt mention the last class, but youre going to read the article on this, its the Herb Matthews piece in the New York Times. If you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right . By this article, you are thinking what is this . What is this piece . Herb matthews was a reporter for the New York Times. He wrote a february 24, 1957 front p
it did not go well. a bunch of them, a bunch of rebels were killed. fidel was actually sentenced to 15 years in prison for that. did not quite serve 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. with that, he was on the run, he was in exile. he went to mexico. his brother, raul, as well. they would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. that is about where we left off. one thing i didn t mention the last class, but you re going to read the article on this, it s the herb matthews piece in the new york times. if you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right? by this article, you are thinking what is this? what is this piece? so herb matthews was a reporter for the new york times. he wrote a february 24, 1957 front page piece for the new york times. major, major, major piece. and books have been written about this. herb matthews and the york times and what it did with fid
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