This article is part of the People’s World 100th Anniversary Series. When the first edition of The Worker a People’s World predecessor came off the press after the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in April 1961, its pages were filled from cover to cover with stories about the event and the glob.
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We recall another day in Cuban history: “On February 16, 1959, Fidel Castro is sworn in as prime minister of Cuba after leading a guerrilla campaign that forced right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista into exile. Castro, who became commander in chief of Cuba’s armed forces after Batista was ousted on January 1, replaced the more moderate
Cuban revolutionaries invaded their island homeland by air and sea today and clashed with Fidel Castro's forces in a violent waterfront battle just 90 miles from Havana.