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    Fidel Aleiandro Castro Ruz Fidel Castro was born on August 13‚ 1926 in Birân‚ Cuba and died on November 25‚ 2016. Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who lead Cuba as a Prime Minister and then he was President‚ but stepdown in 2008. Castro handed over the leadership of Cuba to his brother Raúl in 2008. Cubans like leaders like Castro and they hope his brother would be like him. Castro has two siblings one boy and one girl. What is Fidel Castro Spheres of influence? He freed

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    Fidel Castro and his Rule Over Cuba I. Origins - Conditions which produce single-party states Cuba‚ as the largest and most important island of the West Indies‚ is a country with a colorful and eventful history. Ruled by Spain until the twentieth century‚ control of Cuba eventually passed to General Fulgencio Batista and his regime‚ which was able to maintain control over the volatile Cuban people only through constant military aid supplied by the United States. Under Batista‚ the people of

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    Fidel Castro Speech Critique Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was born near Birán‚ Cuba‚ on August 13‚ 1926. In 1959‚ Castro used guerilla warfare to successfully overthrow Cuban leader Batista‚ and was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba. As Cuban prime minister‚ Castro’s government established covert military and economic relations with the Soviet Union‚ leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis. He served as prime minister until 1976‚ when he became president of Cuba. Educated in private Jesuit

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    Fidel Castro was born in the small village of Birán‚ Cuba‚ in 1926 of an affair between a plantation owner and the maid of his wife. Castro was the third of six children. Castro pursued a career as a lawyer after high school and eventually became active in politics. The more he became active in politics‚ the more displeased he was with the current Cuban dictator‚ Fulgencio Batista‚ leading to the beginning of his campaign to remove Batista. Castro and his followers began a campaign of guerrilla warfare

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    The United States have considered Fidel Castro as the cause of multitudes of global calamities that have negatively impacted the stability and safety of America. Castro’s influence has undoubtedly been destructive‚ ranging from the Cuban Missile Crisis to the various violations of Human Rights that have been criticized by multiple Human Rights groups. Castro brought the reality of communism to the doorstep of America‚ changing the image of a distant evil to an enemy much closer to home in the minds

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    Algebra/Trig 8 December 2014 Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was a Cuban dictator‚ he was born in Biran Cuba in 1926. Castro overthrew the government by using guerilla warfare tactics. After successfully overthrowing the government he was sworn in as Prime Minister. As Prime Minister‚ Castro established secret military and economic connections with the Soviet Union. These relations later lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1976 Castro became president of Cuba. Castro was the one of 6 children‚ two

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    Cuba and its Leader Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro at the time was the leader of the state of Cuba and received much help from Russia to help defend them by providing them with missiles and eventually nuclear weapons. This placed Fidel Castro on the radar of the U.S intelligence and Covert operations and lead to many failed attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro during JFK’S presidency and lead to the ambiguous question of whether or not JFK directly order the Assassination of Fidel Castro. Through the analysis

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    Castro’s Rule over Cuba When Castro proclaimed power the Cuban people thought it would be for good‚ but overall it would turn into a dictatorship. Castro’s rule caused many Cuban people great fear and strife. He had promised many things which he did not fulfill for the Cubans which many became angry and left Cuba before it was too late. While others were not as fortunate to get the chance to flee‚ they had to stay and endure Fidel Castro’s laws. Castro vowed to improve Cuba‚ but ultimately the

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    Contributing Factors to the Rise of Castro On the first day of 1959‚ President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba boarded a plane to leave his country forever‚ surrendering Cuba’s government to a force of revolutionaries lead by Fidel Castro. The country was soon a host to one of the most hostile moments in the Cold War‚ the Cuban Missile crisis. This small Mid-Caribbean island became the focal point of Soviet and Western superpowers within four years of Castro’s coup of the Cuban government. How

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    Fidel Castro ’s Resilience Fidel Castro‚ as the leader of Cuba‚ maintains his power to this day because he found different ways and sources to keep his promises. For example‚ he maintained agrarian reform to improve the economy‚ he nationalized all the institutions of Cuba‚ including putting property in the service of the Cuban people for the Cuban people; and he improved the health care system and education to decrease illiteracy greatly. The results are a more equal state with documented advances

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