Summer: Batista's forces launch a last, unsuccessful push against a small guerrilla army led by Fidel castro and based in the mountains of the Sierra Maestra. January 1: Revolutionary leader ...

Here is a timeline of his life ... In July 1955 Guevara meets Fidel Castro in Mexico, where the young Cuban is preparing a rebellion. In December the following year he heads to Cuba with Castro ...

VIDEO PREVIEW: Leadership in a nuclear world [opens in a new window] Key players: Cuban leader Fidel Castro (top left), Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (bottom left) and U.S. President John F.