A painting showing Fidel Castro celebrating with the people the overthrow of the US-backed Batista regime in 1959, Museo de la Revolucion (Museum of the Revolution), Havana.

Cuba: A painting showing Fidel Castro celebrating with the people the overthrow of the US-backed Batista regime in 1959, Museo de la Revolucion (Museum of the Revolution), Havana. The Cuban Revolution was a successful armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, which overthrew the US-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista on 1 January 1959, after over five years of struggle. (Photo by: David Henley/Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)