cuba libreIn December 1956, paroled rebel Fidel Castro returned to Cuba to launch his revolution with virtually no political base andafter a disastrous initial encounter with government forcesa total of just 12 men. Two years later, through masterful propaganda and factional maneuver, Castro, his brother Ral, and iconic revolutionary Che Guevara had united disparate guerrillas and exploited Cubans deep opposition to their dictator Fulgencio Batista y Zaldvar.