Castro

Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926, in Birán, Cuba. Castro’s’ father was a wealthy Spanish sugarcane farmer who first came to Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence and his mother was a servant for his father’s family. After attending a couple of Jesuit schools where he excelled at baseball, Castro enrolled as a law student at the University of Havana. While there, he became interested in politics, joining the anti-corruption Orthodox Party. From 1940 to 1944, Fulgencio Batista served…

Castro formally declared Cuba a socialist state on May of 1961. In his historic 2014 trip to Cuba Obama, to the surprise of many, justified the revolution of 1959 arguing that like the US’s 1776 revolution, it had taken unavoidable measures against terrible injustices. Why the Cuban revolution took a Communist turn has much to do with the island’s cruel history, specifically, the long line of leaders who were ready to sell Cuba to the highest bidder. The island saw much political unrest after…

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…

Cuba: Communism After Fidel Castro’s Death? Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is better known to the world as Fidel Castro. Cuba’s dictator died on November 25, 2016 at the age of 90. With his passing, begins the issue about the path Cuba will take regarding the country’s future political stance. Does it set aside the decades of dictatorship ruling and transform into a democratic state or, will it continue in its’ current status as a one party communist government? The United States long tourism ban…

falsity of their propagated message about Castro and the Cuba situation in general. For this I will turn to one of my most important primary documents, an intelligence report on Castro’s first year running Cuba. This report reveals that they were fully aware of his immense popularity prior to their attacks, and equally aware of his capabilities to be a good leader. Essentially, this document states that one of the main reasons for justification to overthrow Castro was in fact his strong…

Fidel Castro came into power with a dictatorship government as a result of the Cuban Revolution. He aquired power "almost at the precise moment when the Soviet Union acquired both the capability and willingness to underwrite the survival of a revolution 6,000 miles from its border and 90 miles from the United States". The Soviet Union had not only backed Castro economically, but had established political ties with Cuba. In response to this development, President Eisenhower ordered a secret…

Why did Fidel Castro come to power? Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban Politian and revolutionary who ruled Cuba for almost 5 decades. In 1959 he seized control as dictator due to Fulgencio Batista (the former dictator) being disliked by the people of Cuba because of the lack of a genuine alternative to his regime, economic problems and unemployment. To over throw him Castro led revolts and offered an alternative type of leadership which made him popular with the citizens and ultimately prime…

Similar to North Korea in the way of government corruption, is Cuba due to a man named Fidel Castro. In Cuba, Castro was inspired by previous revolutions to lead a coup against the current government at the time. It was majorly successful. After the rebellion, he worked his way up into the high ranks and was elected a Prime Minister, a position of extreme influence and power in Cuba, and later became President, executing all enemies and anyone who opposed his rule. He implemented policies and…

During this time, Castro was influenced by America, and was trying to break free from Bautista’s dictatorship. Castro was seeking freedom of his people and wanted to help them maintain freedom. SInce he was one of the main leaders of Cuba he wanted to do everything he could to protect his people from Batista’s military dictatorship. This document is a reaction to Bautista’s oppressive government. Therefore, Fidel petitioned against him and did everything he could do in his power to overthrow his…

5The lives of W.E.B. Du Bois and Joy Castro have been very challenging, starting from their youth years into adulthood. W.E.B. Du Bois and Joy Castro mutually were passionate about formal education. Their passion for formal education came with adversities as well. In Joy Casto's writing pieces, "Hungry" and "On Becoming Educated," her short stories connect with the ideas of formal education and social adversities in the literature of, W.E.B. Du Bois. His short stories of, "Of the Meaning of…