[[Image:Che Guevara por Alberto Korda.jpg|thumb|Portrait by Alberto Korda.]]
[[Image:Che Guevara por Alberto Korda.jpg|thumb|Portrait by Alberto Korda.]]
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In 1955, Guevara met with [[Raul Castro|Raul]] and Fidel Castro to plot the overthrow of US-backed [[Fulgencio Batista]] government. Their first revolutionary plan was an assault on Cuba from [[Mexico]]. Castro promoted Guevara to commander status. He had a plan to attack 1500 Batista forces that had encircled Castro's forces. He defeated Batista's forces and marched on toward [[Havana]]. On New Years Eve 1958, Batista's forces were defeated and on New Years day, Batista fled to the [[Dominican Republic]]. Castro and Guevara became Cuba's new socialist revolutionary leaders.
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In 1955, Guevara met with [[Raul Castro|Raul]] and Fidel Castro to plot the overthrow of the heroic US-backed [[Fulgencio Batista]] government. Their first revolutionary plan was an assault on Cuba from [[Mexico]]. Castro promoted Guevara to commander status. He had a plan to attack 1500 Batista forces that had encircled Castro's forces. He defeated Batista's forces and marched on toward [[Havana]]. On New Years Eve 1958, Batista's forces were defeated and on New Years day, Batista fled to the [[Dominican Republic]]. Castro and Guevara became Cuba's new socialist revolutionary leaders and then went on a plan of destroying the nation piece by piece.