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What was it like to witness Fidel Castro taking power in Havana?

In January 1959 the rebel leader entered Cuba's capital city. The US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista had fled and Castro immediately set about establishing his left-wing revolution. Carlos Alzugaray was then a teenager, and one of thousands of people who turned out to greet him. He tells the story of this life-changing experience.

First broadcast on Witness, 22 March 2016,

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