jul 7, 1947 - Summer 1947

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At the University of Havana, he became interested in politics, and shortly after (a couple of years, Summer of 1947) he participated in an invasion of the Dominican Republic (which was aborted). After the mission was aborted, Castro escaped and swam across the Bay of Nipe (infested with sharks) holding a submachine gun and a pistol.

In-text Citation: (Fidel Castro - Document - Gale In Context: Biography, 2016)

At the University of Havana, Castro joined one of the violent intellectual gangs that fought gun battles with each other to establish domination

In-text Citation: (Fidel Castro - Document - Gale In Context: Biography, 2020)

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