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Fidel Castro - Imprisonment

Time: Friday Oct 16, 1953

Place: Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

Details: Castro was sentenced on 16 October, during which he delivered a speech that would have been printed under the title of History Will Absolve Me. Castro was sent to 15 years' imprisonment in the hospital wing of the Model Prison (Presidio Modelo), a relatively comfortable and modern.

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