Former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista pictured in 1935. Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. On New Year’s Day of 1958, Batista took his family, friends and bags of money on a plane and ...

Fulgencio Batista was hardly ripe for retirement. He talked of a long trip among Cuba’s neighbor countries; perhaps the ex-cane-chopper dreamed of becoming a voice in all Latin America. He was a ...

Moncada was the second largest military garrison in Cuba. Although Castro's assault failed, it earned him recognition as a leader of the opposition against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. On ...

Discover the untold story of Frank Pais and Juan Antonio Echeverria, pivotal figures in toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista's regime. Their urban insurgencies were instrumental in mobilizing ...

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar, a chubby man of 56, last week commemorated the day 24 years ago when, as a lowly army sergeant, he threw out a bumbling government and began his long career as ...

Last week, amid a faint suspicion of judicial complaisance Cuba's tough, bronze little boss, Fulgencio Batista, got the job of President of the Republic, which he had badly wanted ever since ...

Swart, nimble little Colonel Fulgencio Batista, "Cuban Strong Man" and most likable of Caribbean dictators, has been fixing himself up during the past year with a brand-new reputation as ...

Gloria Estefan still has the Pan Am tickets her father, Jose, sent her and her mother to get them out of Cuba. Gloria was two ...