Obama Meets Castro
August 20, 1959: The date Fulgencio Batista—the U.S.-backed dictator overthrown by Castro's 26th of July Movement—fled into permanent exile from Portugal after escaping Cuba earlier in the year
August 20, 1959: The date Fulgencio Batista—the U.S.-backed dictator overthrown by Castro's 26th of July Movement—fled into permanent exile from Portugal after escaping Cuba earlier in the year