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Today In Latin American History
Cuban student leader Jos&eacute; Antonio Echeverr&iacute;a (photographed above, center, circa 1954) was gunned down in Havana during a failed takeover of the the city&rsquo;s Presidential Palace and its Radio Reloj radio station on March 13, 1957, during the administration of Fulgencio Batista. Echeverr&iacute;a&rsquo;s student group, the Directorio Revolucionario, was not originally allied with Fidel Castro&rsquo;s 26 of July Movement, but the two eventually joined forces. The group added the date &ldquo;13 of March&rdquo; to its name in honor of its failed uprising.
