The correct answer is - B. 1959.
Fidel Castro took over Cuba in the year of 1959. This happened after he led a revolution against the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista who was overthrown. Castro than created the first communist country in the Western Hemisphere, and while gaining multiple friends with this move, with the likes of USSR, China, Yugoslavia, North Korea, Iran, he also made a huge enemy in the United States which were not happy at all to have a country that is an ally with their arch enemy, the USSR. He ruled the country for 49 years, until 2008, when handed the leadership to his brother Raul Castro.
