Daniel Rey is the author of Checkmate or Top Trumps: Cuba's Geopolitical Game of the Century, runner-up of the 2017 Bodley Head & Financial Times essay prize.
When the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Havana in the early hours of January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro was 550 miles away, at the opposite end of the island.
When the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Havana in the early hours of January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro was 550 miles away, at the opposite end of the island.