Comparison: The Cuban, Iranian And Iranian Revolutions

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All of the countries listed have gone through a revolution to remove a dictatorship and change to some other form of government. All of these revolutions involved America and usually in a good way, the Americans were the prominent factor in putting all of the dictators into power.

When it comes to the Cuban, Iranian and Nicaraguan revolutions the cause is very similar across the board – as with most revolutions in history. People were tired of the dictatorships, poverty and suppression. This brutal dictator for Cuba was Batista – taken out and replaced by Fidel Castro and his army or revolutionaries including Che Guerrera, who the people loved and believe to this day he was a true champion of the Cuban people “Che : Part 1 2008”. Although

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