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| 1965, Oct | |
| Castro announced that Cubans were free to leave. On Nov. 6 an agreement was reached with the U.S. government to airlift 3,000–4,000 Cuban refugees monthly. In the next five years several hundred thousand, many from the educated classes, left the island, joining those who had left during the first great wave of out-migration from 1959 to 1961. | 1 |
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| Che Guevara departed for an unspecified destination. During his time in the revolutionary government, Guevara had been second in command in Cuba, serving as president of the National Bank, minister of industry, and architect of the policy of exporting the Cuban revolution. Guevara went on to lead a failed guerrilla war in Bolivia and was killed on Oct. 8, 1967, by Bolivian troops. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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