BY NICHOLAS AYALA In 1959, the U.S.-backed dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista was overthrown in an armed struggle led by a few hundred guerrillas with the support of millions of Cubans. The revolution advanced as a nationalist struggle until 1961, when Fidel Castro, one of the leaders and organizers of the revolution, declared it a socialist … Continue reading US Imperialism and Cuban Genocide: A Brief History