Fidel Castro Fidel Castro is one of the most powerful men that ever lived. He is a man that is full of knowledge and perseverance. His strong will for the ownership of power took over his life. On the contrary he was very intelligent willing to give everything in order to have that power. His stability and work ethic allowed him to become a powerful dictator. To better understand Fidel Castro a person should examine his rise of power, his victories, and his leadership. First of all, Castro; born August 13, 1926 was always interested in politics at a very young age, therefore his rise of power was no surprise to most of the country. “Fidel went to a Roman Catholic boarding school in Santiago de Cuba, then Catholic high school Belen in
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There was a time that Cuba was undergoing an economic crisis. Fidel did not seem to have any grit to overcome this trouble. Cubans then became furious but Fidel soon realized that this was damaging his rule in office and fixed the economic struggle that Cuba was going through (“History of Latin America”). He once had the Title of Premier until 1976, then he was president of the Council of State and also Council of Ministries (“Fidel Castro”). Although his leadership was high, it greatly decreased when the Soviet Union crashed. This drastic event resulted in a decline of consumer goods (“Fidel Castro”). After his daughter had emotionally moved to the U.S. against her father, he then released an ambiguous amount of immigrants to the U.S.A. In 1980 Fidel opened the “Port of Mariel” for 5 months. 125,000 immigrants then raced to the U.S. in order to start a new life and a better environment for their children. Immigrants could only take the clothes that was on their backs and a couple of silverware. In order to become a U.S. Citizen, many immigrants had to go through the process of endless paperwork. Starting a life in the U.S. was hard for a majority of immigrants. Most went into poverty and some took whatever job they could to support their families. (“Fidel Castro”). Due to an intestinal illness, Fidel passed his leadership to his brother Raul in 2006. Fidel held his position of dictator for 4 years (“Cuba”). In 2008 it was publically announced that Fidel was passing his power down. He also stated that he would never accept another presidential term (“Fidel Castro”). “I do not bid you farewell. my only wish is to fight as a soldier for ideas.” (Official Communist Party newspaper). In 1997 party congress Raul was anointed as future successor to head the party and to ensure that the Cuban Revolution “never can be corrupted by anybody...and never be destroyed by anybody (“Communist
There was a time that Cuba was undergoing an economic crisis. Fidel did not seem to have any grit to overcome this trouble. Cubans then became furious but Fidel soon realized that this was damaging his rule in office and fixed the economic struggle that Cuba was going through (“History of Latin America”). He once had the Title of Premier until 1976, then he was president of the Council of State and also Council of Ministries (“Fidel Castro”). Although his leadership was high, it greatly decreased when the Soviet Union crashed. This drastic event resulted in a decline of consumer goods (“Fidel Castro”). After his daughter had emotionally moved to the U.S. against her father, he then released an ambiguous amount of immigrants to the U.S.A. In 1980 Fidel opened the “Port of Mariel” for 5 months. 125,000 immigrants then raced to the U.S. in order to start a new life and a better environment for their children. Immigrants could only take the clothes that was on their backs and a couple of silverware. In order to become a U.S. Citizen, many immigrants had to go through the process of endless paperwork. Starting a life in the U.S. was hard for a majority of immigrants. Most went into poverty and some took whatever job they could to support their families. (“Fidel Castro”). Due to an intestinal illness, Fidel passed his leadership to his brother Raul in 2006. Fidel held his position of dictator for 4 years (“Cuba”). In 2008 it was publically announced that Fidel was passing his power down. He also stated that he would never accept another presidential term (“Fidel Castro”). “I do not bid you farewell. my only wish is to fight as a soldier for ideas.” (Official Communist Party newspaper). In 1997 party congress Raul was anointed as future successor to head the party and to ensure that the Cuban Revolution “never can be corrupted by anybody...and never be destroyed by anybody (“Communist