There have been many dictators in the world. Some examples of some past dictators include names such as: Adolf Hitler, Kim Jong-Un, and Joseph Stalin. A dictatorship is a type of government where one person, or leader, has complete control over the entire country that they are ruling over. That ruler has control of everything that any citizen can or cannot do. Such as: what they can say about that leader, what they can do for a living, and how well they are treated or how poorly they are treated. Two names that pop up to the top of the list when talking about dictators are Saddam Hussein and Fidel Castro. Saddam and Hussein were two memorable and horrible leaders who should remind people that a dictatorship isn’t the right or correct way that
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, known as just Fidel Castro, was born on August 13, 1926 in Biran, Cuba. He was part of a massive family while he was growing up. His immigrant father, Ángel Castro, raised him along with his five brothers and his seven sisters. Growing up in Biran, Cuba, he studied in Jesuit schools in the towns of Havana and Oriente. He would then go on to graduate from high school in 1945, and attend the University of Havana. He would then marry his first wife Mirta Diaz-Balart and have one son (“Fidel Castro”). Born on April 28, 1937, Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al Tikriti was born and raised in a village near Tikrit, which is in the Northern part of the country of Iraq. Saddam did not get to know his parents do to the fact that they had both had passed away. His uncle, Khairallah Talfah, then raised him. His uncle became a very big, and important role model to Saddam by influencing his political beliefs while he was growing up. At the age of 26 in 1963, he married his uncle’s daughter Sajida Talfah. He also married Samira Shabandor while being married to Sajida. While married to those two, he would end up having five children with them (“Saddam …show more content…
Fidel Castro first tried for power when he was campaigning for a seat in the house of Congress in 1952. He was attempting to replace the president of Cuba at the time whose name was Chibas. During Fidel’s campaigning, a group that was led by General Batista went on to overthrow the Cuban government. Castro would attempt to fight General Batista and his new government, but would end in failure. He would also attempt to attack the military of Moncada on July 26, 1953 that would again prove to be unsuccessful. After the battle, Castro and his attackers, would be captured, tried, and imprisoned. “After being released by an amnesty in 1955, Castro was exiled to Mexico City, where he began organizing an expedition against Batista dubbed the 26th July Movement. On December 2, 1956, Castro, his brother Raúl Castro, and eighty other men landed in Oriente Province” (“Fidel Castro” para 9). A couple years later, Castro would again try and overthrow Batista when other countries had started to oppose Batista and his beliefs. This would prove to finally be successful, and Castro came into power on January 1, 1959 and would then begin to lead his Cuban Revolution (“Fidel
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, known as just Fidel Castro, was born on August 13, 1926 in Biran, Cuba. He was part of a massive family while he was growing up. His immigrant father, Ángel Castro, raised him along with his five brothers and his seven sisters. Growing up in Biran, Cuba, he studied in Jesuit schools in the towns of Havana and Oriente. He would then go on to graduate from high school in 1945, and attend the University of Havana. He would then marry his first wife Mirta Diaz-Balart and have one son (“Fidel Castro”). Born on April 28, 1937, Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al Tikriti was born and raised in a village near Tikrit, which is in the Northern part of the country of Iraq. Saddam did not get to know his parents do to the fact that they had both had passed away. His uncle, Khairallah Talfah, then raised him. His uncle became a very big, and important role model to Saddam by influencing his political beliefs while he was growing up. At the age of 26 in 1963, he married his uncle’s daughter Sajida Talfah. He also married Samira Shabandor while being married to Sajida. While married to those two, he would end up having five children with them (“Saddam …show more content…
Fidel Castro first tried for power when he was campaigning for a seat in the house of Congress in 1952. He was attempting to replace the president of Cuba at the time whose name was Chibas. During Fidel’s campaigning, a group that was led by General Batista went on to overthrow the Cuban government. Castro would attempt to fight General Batista and his new government, but would end in failure. He would also attempt to attack the military of Moncada on July 26, 1953 that would again prove to be unsuccessful. After the battle, Castro and his attackers, would be captured, tried, and imprisoned. “After being released by an amnesty in 1955, Castro was exiled to Mexico City, where he began organizing an expedition against Batista dubbed the 26th July Movement. On December 2, 1956, Castro, his brother Raúl Castro, and eighty other men landed in Oriente Province” (“Fidel Castro” para 9). A couple years later, Castro would again try and overthrow Batista when other countries had started to oppose Batista and his beliefs. This would prove to finally be successful, and Castro came into power on January 1, 1959 and would then begin to lead his Cuban Revolution (“Fidel