If it falls, the rebels will have cut Cuba in half. Rebels begin moving into Havana HAVANA, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - Fidel Castro, the 32-year-old rebel who led a successful revolt against Cuban ...

If it falls, the rebels will have cut Cuba in half. Rebels begin moving into Havana HAVANA, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - Fidel Castro, the 32-year-old rebel who led a successful revolt against Cuban ...

By 1958, the revolution had spread throughout Cuba, culminating in the fall of Havana in early 1959. Batista fled the country in 1959 and Castro formed a liberal nationalist government.