Fidel Castro Good And Evil

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Kolbe Perez
Mrs. Martinez
English II Period I
31 March 2015
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Two very different kinds of people exist in the world, people who are good and people who are evil. Good people contribute to society, give their best effort, show limitless curiosity, and a yearning to succeed. On the contrary, the evil make it their goal to ignore good people and inflict suffering upon them. Evil people are selfish and show no regard for the feelings of others. They take pleasure in seeing others hit rock bottom. Based on at Fidel Castro's malicious actions and corruption, mankind is inherently evil. Fidel Castro was born from a wealthy family in Eastern Cuba. He attended schools in Santiago de Cuba before going to a Catholic high school in Havana. He would then go to the University of Havana where he would study
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“In March of that year, however, the former Cuban President, Gen. Fulgencio Batista, overthrew the government of Pres. Carlos Prio Soccarras and canceled the elections.” Castro took it upon himself to stop the new dictatorship and restore the old government. He took action by assembling 160 foot soldiers to go to the military headquarters and try to get the rest of the country on his side. This attempt failed as a majority of the men died. Castro would appear before a hearing where and he and his brother Raul would be convicted and given fifteen year prison sentences. They only ended up serving two years in prison as a government pardon. Castro immediately resumed his fight against the dictatorship. He had more help from supporters now and starting winning more battles. The government forces were larger but were not as coordinated and trained as they were. They would eventually force Batista to leave the country. Support for Castro was greater than ever. He would become leader of the military and then became president of the country. He made guarantees to the people that he would renovate the government system, the rights of the people, and make small

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