During the 1950s and early 1960s – under the United States supported Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista – dissatisfaction with the Cuban government grew and the emergence of rebel movements there were underway. On July 26‚ 1953 – in the 26th of July Movement – Fidel Castro and other rebels attacked military barracks in Santiago and Bayamo. Many died in the attacks‚ but among the survivors were Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl Castro Ruz‚ who were then captured. At his trial‚ Fidel Castro made one
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The Cuban revolution brought a lot of unrest to the people of Cuba. It was a time in Cuba where many people in Cuba didn’t have enough money for anything including money for food and shelter. Before the 1950’s‚ the troubles in Cuba life wasn’t all that bad. People would work in the sugar fields and would receive a hefty amount of cash during the sugar harvest season. Things started to change though as work came to an end and the people would have to take low paying jobs. Soon enough‚ people
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The Cuban Revolution The year was 1952‚ an election between Fulgencio Batista and Carlos Prío Socarrás was heating up on a small island ninety miles off Florida’s southern coast‚ and the citizens of Cuba were furious. The new Cuban leader‚ Fulgencio Batista‚ seized power through a military coup against President Carlos Prío Socarrás. Cuba‚ at the time‚ had a democratic form of government; Batista’s seizure of power revealed the corruption in the country’s flawed democracy. Batista’s corruption angered
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The Cuban embargo is an economic‚ social and political embargo against the communist nation of Cuba‚ imposed by the United States in October of 1960. It was established by America in hopes of encouraging democracy and attempting to topple the communist Castro regime that has ruled for nearly 60 years. However‚ the embargo has accomplished none of what it was intended to do. After nearly 55 years of stalled diplomatic relations with the United States‚ Cuba has yet to embrace democracy‚ cease human
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From 1959 to 1962‚ the island of Cuba changed from being America’s playground to the Soviet’s front line. Post Cuban revolution‚ a threat was seen in the eyes of America. Ninety miles off the coast of Florida was an island whose new set of ideals and leaders could destroy everything that 50’s America had created. This change in regime would shock the entire world and change the fate of the Cold War indefinitely. Prior to these events‚ America had used Cuba as a source of labor‚ new land for investments
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States companies were main clients‚ who would help achieve Batista’s economic endeavors. Once in place‚ many companies focused on sugar‚ which was the main product that benefited Cuban Agriculture. However‚ the sugar business was not working efficiently to accommodate the Cuban economy. Batista’s regime motivated many revolutions most importantly the rebellion of Fidel Castro and the Rebel Army led by Che Guevara. The Rebel Army with Fidel Castro detested Batista’s regime because they
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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
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Fidel Castro‚ the revolutionary Cuban leader who ushered in a communist regime in the country and reigned for about five decades‚ died on 25th November at the age of 90. His brother and President Raul Castro announced the news on Cuban state TV. He officially became president in 2008‚ two years after a temporary transfer of power because of Fidel’s illness in 2006. "At 10.29 at night‚ the chief commander of the Cuban revolution‚ Fidel Castro Ruz‚ died‚" the 85-year-old president said. He did not
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Fidel Castro In Cuba on August 13‚ 1926 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born. Fidel’s mother was the maid to his father‚ Angel’s‚ first wife. Once his father divorced his first wife Fidel’s name was changed from Ruz to Castro. Fidel’s’ family was rather wealthy for owning a Creole sugar plantation. Although his parents were both illiterate he went to school to get an education. He was extremely intellectual‚ but preferred sports instead. “In 1944 was awarded the prize as Cuba’s best all-round
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Leninist/Marxist and for provoking such incidents as the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ Fidel Castro was a positive leader in Cuba and made many improvements to Cuban society after the Cuban Revolution that he led in 1959. Due to such incidents‚ many of Castro’s social reforms in Cuba are ignored (or dismissed as completely communistic and therefore without any merit to the United States)‚ especially reforms that he made between the start of the revolution and 1990. As any newly instated leader would‚ Castro
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