jan 2, 1959 - Castro enters Havana - victory

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-3000 Fidelistas (peasants + army deserters joined forces) - huge growth from 18 Granma expedition survivors

-Batista fled to Dominican Republic

-main reasons for victory + fall of Batista: Batista's corruption + brutality, & failed policies; Castro's claim he wasn't communist but a Cuban nationalist (Cuban business interests); media; Castro seen as reincarnation of José Martí

-Urrutia became president, Castro became commander-in-chief of armed forces

-Batista's henchmen publicly tried + executed --> international dissent - Castro's response: "revolutionary justice is not based upon legal precepts, but moral conviction"

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