"The imperialists cannot forgive us to have carried out a socialist revolution under the very noses of the Yankees". In this way on January 1st, 1959 then leader of the 26th of July Movement, Fidel Castro led thousands of guerilla fighters and ordinary citizens of Cuba to overthrow the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship. Fighting the regime of Batista on both urban and rural fronts, the Movement was able to successfully integrate into power in Cuba. The Revolutionary government in its early days was supported by the whole Cuban elite, but the changes brought by the Castro led government into the economic and social sector diminished the support from the Catholic Church, a faction of the American establishment, and the Latin American governments.
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The governing members of the revolutionary leadership was informed of the unavoidability of extending the revolution, given the scarce resource and man power of the small island. One of the leaders of the Cuban government at the time, Ernesto Che Guevara, had announced the need to nationalize all sectors of the economy to effectively continue the revolution. The influence of the traditional soviet school significantly shaped the foreign policies of Cuba. Although not entirely a communist state, Cuba was closely monitored and speculated by US lawmakers during its procedure and policy making. Castro in the other hand directly lend support to those who asked for Cuba’s help in order to defeat an imperialist. Castro was viciously outspoken to create a revolutionary world envisioned by him. While addressing an audience of Third World leaders in mid 60s he stated, “Any revolutionary movement, in any corner of the world, can count on the help of Cuban fighters." () Though not completely with the policies of Kremlin, Castro, however, continued to lend support and arms to revolutions around the world. Along the policy of being committed to World Revolution, Cuba and Castro suffered a loss of an instrumental figure in 1967 in Bolivia, the loss of Che Guevara halted the Cuban government to completely trust the communist run governments. Into the early 1970s the cold war …show more content…
to improve the Cuban economy. Castro specific pointed out his land reforms to better the Cuban standard of living. Castro addressed the UN nation and pledged that like any other developing nation, Cuba would remain neutral in the Cold War. Castro’s hopes of U.S. was unlikely after President Eisenhower declined to meet Castro and Vice- President Nixon did not fare very well either. When Castro returned back to Cuba, he implemented a radical land reform system, which limited large estates to 1000 acres. Castro was able to break off the monopoly held by the wealthy few in Cuba by introducing this Agrarian Reform Law. This law allowed majority of Cuban to own a portion of land and be part of the larger economic system of Cuba. The law also banned foreign nationals from owning Cuban property and agricultural land. This particularly aroused Washington’s concern as many Americans owned and operated plantations. Furthering the concerns of Washington, Castro appointed a noted communist Nunez Jimenez as the head of the reform programs. President Eisenhower knowingly kept Cuba aside as any intervention would spark an immediate action by the Soviet Union and force Castro to look for help towards Moscow. However, the intervention was inevitable as Castro accused Cuban exiles of trying to plot an uprising against Cuba, he also nationalized all US- owned oil refineries. In turn,
The governing members of the revolutionary leadership was informed of the unavoidability of extending the revolution, given the scarce resource and man power of the small island. One of the leaders of the Cuban government at the time, Ernesto Che Guevara, had announced the need to nationalize all sectors of the economy to effectively continue the revolution. The influence of the traditional soviet school significantly shaped the foreign policies of Cuba. Although not entirely a communist state, Cuba was closely monitored and speculated by US lawmakers during its procedure and policy making. Castro in the other hand directly lend support to those who asked for Cuba’s help in order to defeat an imperialist. Castro was viciously outspoken to create a revolutionary world envisioned by him. While addressing an audience of Third World leaders in mid 60s he stated, “Any revolutionary movement, in any corner of the world, can count on the help of Cuban fighters." () Though not completely with the policies of Kremlin, Castro, however, continued to lend support and arms to revolutions around the world. Along the policy of being committed to World Revolution, Cuba and Castro suffered a loss of an instrumental figure in 1967 in Bolivia, the loss of Che Guevara halted the Cuban government to completely trust the communist run governments. Into the early 1970s the cold war …show more content…
to improve the Cuban economy. Castro specific pointed out his land reforms to better the Cuban standard of living. Castro addressed the UN nation and pledged that like any other developing nation, Cuba would remain neutral in the Cold War. Castro’s hopes of U.S. was unlikely after President Eisenhower declined to meet Castro and Vice- President Nixon did not fare very well either. When Castro returned back to Cuba, he implemented a radical land reform system, which limited large estates to 1000 acres. Castro was able to break off the monopoly held by the wealthy few in Cuba by introducing this Agrarian Reform Law. This law allowed majority of Cuban to own a portion of land and be part of the larger economic system of Cuba. The law also banned foreign nationals from owning Cuban property and agricultural land. This particularly aroused Washington’s concern as many Americans owned and operated plantations. Furthering the concerns of Washington, Castro appointed a noted communist Nunez Jimenez as the head of the reform programs. President Eisenhower knowingly kept Cuba aside as any intervention would spark an immediate action by the Soviet Union and force Castro to look for help towards Moscow. However, the intervention was inevitable as Castro accused Cuban exiles of trying to plot an uprising against Cuba, he also nationalized all US- owned oil refineries. In turn,