Bizarre Ways Americans Tried To Assassinate Fidel Castro
In 1959, the Cuban Revolution marked a seismic shift in the history of the 20th century and reshaped the world's geopolitical map for generations to come.
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Read MoreThe government of the United States ultimately took matters to an extreme when it tasked the CIA with assassinating the revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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