Fulgencio Batista's Failure Of The Cuban Revolution

In regard to the revolution that took place during 1959 in Cuba, it’s interesting that the country yet prospering and experiencing relative economic success, still endured a revolution. To explain why such a substantial ‘takeover’ was still able to occur, the instability of Cuba during the years leading up to 1959 needs to be addressed. Cubans generally had strong resentment for the US and these feelings combined with the deeply divided state the society of Cuba was in, gave Fidel Castro and his supporters an important opportunity to dismantle Fulgencio Batista’s dictatorship. To explain the fragmentation that was present in Cuba’s society, one can look to many different factors. The most obvious factor relates to the economy and distribution
Fulgencio Batista’s regime, although successful in the prosperity of the country during his time, was backed by the wealthy, passt politicians that had otherwise been forgotten and to his detriment the US. By failing to attain the true support of Cuban citizens, Batista’s dictatorship was at the mercy of the US and how much support they would offer as time progressed. With America eventually imposing an arms embargo on Cuba, it was clear that America was losing faith in Batista and withdrawing their support. When Cuban citizens finally decided to go on a strike (as a weakened Batista provided an opportunity to break the overbearing influence from US), protestors were unfortunately met with a stubborn and unchanging dictator. Once people realized this was the case, revolutionaries turned to the reality that and armed conflict would be the only way to change the presiding political structure. Without the support of America and the inability to defeat the rebels led by Fidel Castro, Batista ended up escaping the country to the Dominican Republic, which was viewed as the success of the