Ernesto, “Che,” Guevara was born on June 14, 1928, in Rosario, Argentina. Che’s solution to all the issues he witnessed was socialism, this experience made him into a socialist. While studying as a medical student Che embarked on a life-changing trip through South America where he realized how sickly and impoverished people were. Che concluded that the cause of such a weakened economy was capitalism. Additionally, social class systems divide people based on wealth, working class, middle class, and upper class. Che believed that capitalism was practiced in Latin America because the United States forced the governing style onto them. After this experience Che returned to Argentina determined to complete his medical studies, believing that his
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The INRA was an organization, in cooperation with the Cuban government, that focused on reforming laws in relating to cultivated land for farming and land property. The First Agrarian Reform Law of 1959 expropriated from private landowners. A reason for expropriation is,“The 1946 Agricultural Census was out of date and the form in which the statistics were available rendered them useless for practical purposes.” Therefore the immediate reason for expropriation was date collecting, since the Cuban Government they did not know how much of the island was cultivated or privately owned. Land owned by the government was easy to monitor and ready for use. Yet, not all lands were seized by the state. Only lands greater than 993 acres were claimed by the government. After this law, a substantial amount of land was controlled by the INRA, around six million hectares. The This land was ready for redistribution to smaller farmers and cultivation by farm workers, all while being regulated by the …show more content…
The trade of sugar benefitted Cuba during a time of difficulty. During October of 1960, the United States President placed an embargo on Cuba. This embargo was used because of Cuba’s increasingly close relationship with the U.S.S.R., a communist country that is an enemy to the U.S. Another reason, was the state of Cuban economy, a financial report stated that the economic reserves would deplete within four months. Although, Cuba was unable to trade its sugar and other exports with the United States they traded with other communist regimes, including the U.S.S.R. Cuba, purchased petroleum from the U.S.S.R. in exchange for the purchase of their sugar. After the Cuban embargo, “Cuba, in response, nationalized more sugar mills, banks, and factories, giving Che's INRA a total of about 615 business to run, along with 160 sugar mills and all the mines on the island...”. By increasing the number of people working it could’ve lessened the damage to the economy caused by the Cuban embargo. However, this did not decrease Cuban demand for products unavailable in Cuba like certain medicines. The embargo seemed to have had an opposite effect of the U.S. desire since this embargo improved Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet
The INRA was an organization, in cooperation with the Cuban government, that focused on reforming laws in relating to cultivated land for farming and land property. The First Agrarian Reform Law of 1959 expropriated from private landowners. A reason for expropriation is,“The 1946 Agricultural Census was out of date and the form in which the statistics were available rendered them useless for practical purposes.” Therefore the immediate reason for expropriation was date collecting, since the Cuban Government they did not know how much of the island was cultivated or privately owned. Land owned by the government was easy to monitor and ready for use. Yet, not all lands were seized by the state. Only lands greater than 993 acres were claimed by the government. After this law, a substantial amount of land was controlled by the INRA, around six million hectares. The This land was ready for redistribution to smaller farmers and cultivation by farm workers, all while being regulated by the …show more content…
The trade of sugar benefitted Cuba during a time of difficulty. During October of 1960, the United States President placed an embargo on Cuba. This embargo was used because of Cuba’s increasingly close relationship with the U.S.S.R., a communist country that is an enemy to the U.S. Another reason, was the state of Cuban economy, a financial report stated that the economic reserves would deplete within four months. Although, Cuba was unable to trade its sugar and other exports with the United States they traded with other communist regimes, including the U.S.S.R. Cuba, purchased petroleum from the U.S.S.R. in exchange for the purchase of their sugar. After the Cuban embargo, “Cuba, in response, nationalized more sugar mills, banks, and factories, giving Che's INRA a total of about 615 business to run, along with 160 sugar mills and all the mines on the island...”. By increasing the number of people working it could’ve lessened the damage to the economy caused by the Cuban embargo. However, this did not decrease Cuban demand for products unavailable in Cuba like certain medicines. The embargo seemed to have had an opposite effect of the U.S. desire since this embargo improved Cuba’s relationship with the Soviet