With insurmountable pressure from the rebels and uprisings in cities, Bastista decided to flee Cuba on January 1, 1959. Triumphant, Castro and the rebels entered Havana on January 8, 1959 to a jubilant public. With Castro in power along with his most trusted allies, they began to make social and economic changes in Cuba. Much to the behest of the U.S. government, the rebel government ordered the trial and execution of members of the Batista regime and U.S. owned business were expropriated and nationalized.
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