Essay On Batista

Batista was dictator of Cuba twice and the first one was from 1933-44. The second time was 1952-59. The Amercians liked what he did and how he did it. Batista was a corrupt and repressive dictator, but cosider pro-american and an ally to U.S. companies. American’s wealthy people that almost owned half of cubas sugar plantations, and their cattle ranches, mines, and utilities. He was reliably anticommunist. A lot of Cubans liked Fidel Castro’s overthrow of the dictatorial president Fulgencio Batista. Fidel Castro became dictator in 1959.Castro had been a concern in the U.S. since he siezed power in cuba with a revolution. There was a new order about 100 miles away from the United States made American officials nervous.Castro disapproved of their approach that the Americans took to cuba. …show more content…
They sent agents to Latin-American countries, established diplomatic and economic ties with leading socialist powers. Castro often accused the United States of trying to undermine his government. A lot of U.S. congressmen and senators, from 1960, denounced castro. The congress passed legislation ebabling president Dwight D. Eisenhower to take retaliatory steps. The United States cut off sugar purchases from cuba. Thereafter placed and embargo on all exports to cuba except foods and medicine. Eisenhower broke diplomatic ties with cuba. An invasion of cuba had been planned by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency since May 1960. The invasion had been debated with the newly inaugurated administration. It had to be approved by John F. Kennedy before it was approved and carried out. On April 15, 1961, three U.S. made airplanes piloted by cubans bombed cuban air bases. The cubans trained by the United States and using U.S. equipment landed at several sites. The principal landing took place at The Bay of Pigs on the south-central