the documentary looked at the key players of the revolution‚ including José Antonio‚ Frank País‚ Ernesto Che Guevara‚ and Fidel Castro. All of these revolutionaries’ main goal was to break away from the current dictator Fulgencio Batista. The revolutionaries’ issue with Batista was his close relation with the United States of America. Keeping him in power meant keeping American imperialism as the prominent source for
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Cuban and U.S. relations have been on the rocks for the last 50 odd years. What follows is some background information on what has caused the rift between the two countries. It is a brief history of the American backed Batista that allowed U.S. interests to flourish in Cuba‚ juxtaposed against the rebel leader Castro that came afterward and the lasting effects that that has had with the relationship between Cuba and the United States and the resulting embargo that sprung from the wake. After the
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majored in law. At the university‚ he became a member of groups which opposed the Cuban government. After attending school. He became a member of the Orthodoxo party and then campaigned for a seat in the Cuba goverement. During this time Fulgencio Batista became seized control of Cuba in order to prevent the rise of the Orthodoxos. This angered Fidel and caused him to plot militant action to overthrow him. On July 26‚ 1953‚
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Castro was born on August 13‚ 1926. He attended Catholic schools before graduating from the University of Havana with a degree in law. Castro was a member of the Ortodoxo Party‚ a social-democrat party‚ and strongly criticized the government of Fulgencio Batista. On the 26th of July in 1953‚ Fidel Castro launched an attack on the Moncada army barracks. It failed‚ and most involved were killed or captured. Fidel was captured and given a trial‚ which he used to make his famous speech‚ "History Will
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influential and defining moments in Cuba’s history. The Cuban Revolution was led by Fidel Castro and a few other key figures such as Che Guevara and his brother Raul Castro. Before Castro’s revolution the Cuban government had been taken over by Fulgencio Batista. He made Cuba into a puppet for countries to take resources from without proper retribution. When Castro re-took Cuba he nationalized the land that was owned by foreign governments and gave it back to the citizens of Cuba without giving the foreign
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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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weapons or supplies. Later on‚ In 1958‚ Batista tried to kill the uprising of Castro with a massive attack. This was done with air force bombers‚ plus naval units. The guerrillas held their ground‚ by counterattacking. Then one week later Castro arrived in Havana and took over power as prime minister ("Cuba Before the Revolution"). Cuba pre-revolutionary was a hard‚ unfair‚ and poor time in Cuba. The president at the time was Fulgencio Batista. Batista had many bad ideas plans. His economic planning
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1954 he went to Mexico and the following year he met Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Guevara joined Castro’s ’26th July Movement’ and played a key role in the eventual success of its guerrilla war against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Castro overthrew Batista in 1959 and took power in Cuba. From 1959-1961‚ Guevara was president of the National Bank of Cuba‚ and then minister of industry. In this position‚ he travelled the world as an ambassador for Cuba. At home‚ he carried out plans
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Cuban Revolution: Circumstances That Perpetuated the Special Period The Cuban revolution took place in the 1950s when Cuba was in a politically unstable state and the people were dissatisfied with the oppressive dictatorship under Fulgencio Batista. Discussing the historical context of the Cuban Revolution‚ the wealth disparity and how that impacted the economic circumstances‚ and the role of the Soviet Union‚ one can find that Cuba’s Special Period was a result of economic dependence. We can see
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has: successfully overthrow Fulgencio Batista corrupt government‚ keeping the relationship that Cuba had with the United States at a distance‚ maintaining free healthcare plus education despite a way below economy and help other countries who were in revolution of their own. How Fidel Rose to Power Fidel was a young lawyer from Havana when he ran for the Cuban House of Representative in 1952‚ of the Ortodoxo Party (Staten‚ 2003). However that same year Fulgencio Batista seized power of the Cuban
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