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The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics
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Republic of Cuba: Facts and FiguresRepublic of Cuba: Facts and Figures Total Area: 44,218 sq mi. Population: 11,423,952. Capital: Havana.
Fulgencio Batista ZaldivarFulgencio Batista Zaldívar was elected President of Cuba in 1940, and defeated for re-election in 1944. He staged a coup to regain the presidency in 1952, and served until going into exile in 1958. During his tenure he fought revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro, who were motivated by Batista's quest for personal wealth at the expense of the Cuban people.
 
Fidel CastroFidel Castro led the revolution which forced Batista out of Cuba in 1958, and subsequently ruled Cuba until poor health forced him to step down in 2008. The economic embargo imposed by the United States in 1962 was spurred by his nationalization of U.S.-owned businesses in Cuba, which was in turn spurred by the refusal of U.S.-owned oil refineries in Cuba to process oil bought from the Soviet Union.
 
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