Fidel Castro Legacy Analysis

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Everybody leaves behind a legacy. Some big, some small; some good and others bad. Great leaders leave behind the greatest legacies. Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, left behind a legacy controversial to many. In spite of the fact that many Americans view Fidel Castro with a reprobative attitude, once he came into power he made many laws that gave his people great benefits and opportunities that still continue today. Fidel Castro, a Havana lawyer, ran for the Cuban congress, but it got canceled after Fulgencio Batista became the president and took over Cuba in 1940. In 1953, after previous failed attempts by the Castro brothers they launched an insurrection against Batista (Deplama, “The Cuban Revolution). The war consisted of a …show more content…
It comes free to all Cuban citizens, child or adult, all the way to the highest level of university. In the Cuban constitution, article 51 it states “Everybody has a right to education. This right is guaranteed by the means of the extensive and free system of schools, part-time boarding schools, boarding schools and scholarships in all types and at all levels of education, by the free provision of school materials to every child and young person regardless of the economic situation of the family, and by the provision of courses suited to the student’s aptitude, the requirements of society and the needs of economic and social development,” which mandates first-class education to everybody in the country. There is a high quality of teaching with small class sizes that allow for more one-on-one time for the teacher and student. This has proven successful for the simple fact that the teachers develop a closer bond with the students and foster the ability to concentrate more in regards to what the individual students need to know, or needs more time on in order to provide them with a highest quality of education they have the opportunity to get. This allows students to keep working until the time comes for them to achieve their appropriate level of education rather than a class going too slow or fast due to the amount of differences in the student’s levels. A report by the …show more content…
Everyone deserves a chance to a free and healthy life no matter what, and Fidel Castro saw this. Article 50 in the Cuban Constitution, which passed in 1976 winning 97% of votes, mandates that all Cubans hold entitlement to receive free medical, health, and dental care and that the government promotes a healthy lifestyle as long as the citizens abide. The Public Health Law states an obligation to protect citizens health including rehabilitation given to anybody with any mental or physical disorders, illnesses or injuries. This guarantees the protection of their health under any circumstance. In 1989 The World Health Organization (WHO) referred to Cuba’s health care system as a model for the world. The country delivered their promise to the deserving advantage of free health care. (Lendman, “Cuba Under Fidel

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