How Did Fidel Castro Death

The Life and Death of Fidel Castro Think of a ruler who overthrew the previous ruler. Now think how good that ruler would be. Fidel Castro would be that man. Some people say that he was not a good ruler, and they actually celebrated his death. Others think he was a great ruler, and mourned deeply for his death. Whether you cheered or mourned his death, that is for you to decide. Fidel Castro was born in 1926 near Birán. He became the Prime minister of Cuba in 1959. He did this by overthrowing the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. In the beginning of his regime, he signed a trade embargo with the United States of America. The embargo disabled any trade transactions with the United States. This also meant that nobody could travel to Cuba from the United States, that included family members of those who lived in Cuba. Despite all the flaws, he created benefits. Some of the benefits from Cuba were able to happen because of the trade embargo. This embargo caused increased literacy throughout Cuba. Cuba is still one of the most literate countries in the world. This embargo also allowed racism in the country diffuse, which allowed the country to focus more on political issues. That leads me to the increased health care policies. Though with all these benefits, there was a flaw. That flaw was the lowered freedom …show more content…
America was trying to rid Cuba of it’s communism, Cuba was the first Communist state in the entire western hemisphere, because they thought communism was bad. During the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred. The Missile Crisis lasted only thirteen days, but the tensions were very high between Cuba and America. They both threatened each other with nuclear weapons, none delivered. The Cuban Missile Crisis made the Cold War almost become violent. The crisis ended in thirteen days. Prior to this crisis, a small battle broke