Cuba's spiral to socialism

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00:00This doctor turned Cuba into a communist state in two years

00:03and became America's number one enemy.

00:07It's the 1950s in Latin America.

00:10A young Argentinian doctor travels across the continent.

00:14He sees hunger, disease, and U.S. companies exploiting the land.

00:18The journey transforms him.

00:20He makes a choice.

00:21He trades medicine for communism.

00:23The doctor becomes a soldier.

00:25He joins guerrilla forces in Cuba and quickly rises as a leader.

00:29And within just two years, he overthrows the government.

00:35The Batista regime falls.

00:38He becomes the face of revolution, building schools, hospitals, teaching peasants to read.

00:44But he rules with an iron fist.

00:47Opponents are crushed.

00:48Fear spreads as fast as reform.

00:51To the poor, he's a hero.

00:53To America, he's enemy number one.

00:55The CIA hunts him across continents.

00:59And in 1967, he's cornered in Bolivia.

01:02His face lives on.

01:04A symbol of freedom to some, fanaticism to others.