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    Not all the streets were so joyous‚ as some people weren’t pleased with the results of the election. Fidel Castro truly cared for the people of Cuba‚ but just not enough to give them all of the human rights they deserve. On New Years Eve of 1959‚ Batista fled Cuba which then led Castro to go to Havana. Castro became prime minister of Cuba in February 1959. The Cuban Revolution was betrayed because Fidel Castro promised human rights but instead‚ he went against his promises by taking away the freedom

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    used for my investigation is an article called “A study of Castro: motives behind the revolution” this source describes Castro actions like even after the revolution he didn’t take power he didn’t want all that political power he just wanted to stop Batista that he said was under the control of the USA. The text describes Castro short into winning the revolutionary as not wanting all the power and making the decisions with fellow revolutionaries. At this the revolution was still consider like actions

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    How does one define the word "good?" If something is good‚ is it helpful? Profitable? Satisfactory? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ when something is good‚ it can be relied on‚ it’s loyal‚ and it’s true. Communism is misunderstood by many Americans. This is mainly due to a lack of knowledge of what it truly is. Before one can decide whether Communism fits the definition of good‚ one must first understand what this type of government is. Communism is a theory that was proposed by a German

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    boy from being a medic to steering the greatest revolution recorded in history. Through various characters such as Fidel Castro and his brother‚ Che gets an introduction to the class of power. Cuba through the revolution uprooted a dictator‚ Fulgencio Batista‚ who was prosecuted little did they know his successor would also be a dictator. Fidel Castro took over power after the revolution but became indifferent to his predecessor. Despite taking criticism on the film being plain regarding styles such

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    paranoia by his own people‚ became the very reason why they rallied behind him and supported the expulsion of General Batista for good. This wariness‚ once seen as unwarranted hostility‚ became the reason why Castro overcame

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    There are two main ethnic and cultural influences in Cuba that would be the protagonists of the unique religious combination that people practice to this day. The influence of the Spanish colonialists and their eagerness to convert souls into Catholicism brought to the island their Catholic beliefs and practices. When Spain started to transport Africans to Cuba as slaves‚ Africans would continue to practice their religion on the island as well. In 1975 the Communist Party declared the island an

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    Another colonial Latin American country that had racial profiles was Cuba. The Cuban Revolution (1953-59‚) resulted in the overthrow of the Cuban dictator‚ Fulgencio Batista‚ and created a new communist government under Fidel Castro. The revolution replaced Batista’s regime which favored the capitalist interest‚ with Castro’s revolutionary government that focused on nationalizing industry and developing basic services (education‚ health). However‚ after the victory of the Cuban Revolution‚ Fidel

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    suffer under his rule. Castro’s revolution to leadership did not turn out as everyone expected it to. In 1958‚ a movement against the dictator at the time‚ Fulgencio Batista‚ had developed and Fidel Castro had emerged as the leader of the Anti-Batista opposition. In April‚ Castro called a national strike but was soon called off by Batista and his regime because they ordered the strikers to be shot which in a final result caused mass shootings. One year later in January Castro with the help of his

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    with arms and food. Towards the end of the Batista regime‚ when it was becoming more clear that Castro was gaining strength Guevara and Raul Castro‚ along with Juan Almeida‚ opened three fronts‚ with Guevara’s front being the first opened and Almeida opening a front in Santiago‚ which fidel later on‚ on November 1958‚ marched his troops

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    Gingerland Secondary School (School Code: 130005) CXC Caribbean History School Based Assessment (SBA) Project 2012-2013 (35 marks) Caribbean History SBA Research Question: What evidence is there to show that United States-Cuban relations negatively affected Cuba’s political‚ economic and social development from 1898 to 1965? Format of the History SBA Project 1. Table of Contents (This is the last thing you must do for your SBA project‚ therefore your pages must be correctly numbered

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