Cuba marks revolution with military parade for Fidel Castro
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By AFP 20 hours ago in Politics
Cuba paid tribute to late leader Fidel Castro on Monday with a military parade to mark the 58th anniversary of the revolution that brought him to power.
Castro, who died on November 25 at age 90, launched his nearly half-century rule with a guerrilla uprising that forced US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista from power on January 1, 1959.
Cuba marks the anniversary with a military parade every year -- though this year soldiers marched without their equipment, unlike previous years when guns, tanks and missiles have sometimes starred.
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