[Fidel Castro]
? led a rebel army to victory in 1959 against dictator Batista
?. He has led the country ever since.
April 17-21, 1961, there was the failed invasion of the [Bay of Pigs]
? by about 1500 revolution refugees, recruited, paid and trained by the
CIA.
The country is now slowly recovering from a severe economic recession following the withdrawal of former Soviet subsidies, worth $4 billion to $6 billion annually, in 1990. Havana blames its difficulties on the US embargo in place since 1962.
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