Cubans mark anniversary with muted celebrations 

Sixty-eight years ago on Monday, Fidel Castro’s rebel fighters launched an attack that started their revolution and ultimately toppled dictator Fulgencio Batista. Cuban American and former US Congressman Joe Garcia tells The World’s Marco Werman that the island’s residents have little to celebrate.

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