Fidel Castro

For decades, John F. Kennedy was celebrated as the president of the United States who saved the entire world from destruction, while thermonuclear war was imminent during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This anti-communist, anti-Soviet president led the United States through a period of superiority against the Soviet Union after the president influenced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to remove Soviet nuclear missiles situated on the island of Cuba located merely 90 miles off the coast of Florida. For…

that economic inequality is the cause of social strain and can only be eliminated through the nationalization of private property and businesses (Dhar, 2014).. The year 1953 marked the beginning of a significant time period for the Cuban nation as Fidel Castro united with his allies to overthrow the former Cuban President, Fulgencio Batista (McKelvey, 2014). Batista was detested by many of the…

the development of Cuba (Chasteen, 269-270). A Cuban left-wing revolutionary, Fidel Castro believed that the control of resources by the upper class people was a major reason for Cuba’s struggles (Castro, 309). Castro also believed that the U.S. intervention in Cuban matters…

Fidel Castro was born August 13th, 1926. He was the 5th of 9 children, but at a very young age he made international news, which could be a foreshadowing of sorts. He attended a Latin American student conference in Colombia and took part in the violent protests against Americans. He started his political life early, when he ran for Congress at the age of 26. This never took place as Fulgencio Batista took power in a coup. Fidel strongly opposed Batista and went as far as armed Guerrila attacks…

The Cuban Revolution was the effect of Fidel Castro overthrowing Batista’s regime and exiling him known as The 26 July Movement (Schepers). It boosted his support through a nationalistic eloquence that would have Cuban citizens jump on board with his reforms. Since Castro was unpredictable he was seen as a radical reformist and leaning to the left (Weeks 119). The Revolution would severe ties of economic…

where the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean meet. Just south of the U.S. State Florida, west of Haiti and North of Jamaica. Cuba is one of the world’s last remaining communist (socialist) countries, ruled under President Raul Castro the brother of the famed Fidel Castro who died in 2008. Cuba is considered part of Latin America and is a multiethnic country. Their customs are derived in roots from Spanish colonies, African slaves, and a close relationship held with the Soviet Union.…

decisions Fidel Castro made, the government of the revolution legitimized itself and became truly recognized as the standing government of Cuba. Castro declared the year 1961 the Year of Education but much more occurred; in 1961 Castro was able to fight off the United States at Playa Girón and then solidified international alliances with the Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, and other socialist nations. While Cuba benefitted from its relations with the Soviet Union and China, Castro…

On January 1st of 1959, Fidel Castro lead a successful revolt against President Fulgencio Batista and established a socialist state in Cuba. The United States initially recognized the change in leadership; however, in 1960, Fidel Castro’s move to develop trade deals with the Soviet Union, his nationalization of foreign assets within Cuba, and the raising of taxes on U.S. imports…

weak. The action would also endanger the civil rights of Cubans to the highest degree. According to supporters, “The United States should not risk sending the message that it can be waited out or that seizing US property in foreign countries, as Castro did in Cuba when he took power, will be tolerated” (“ProCon.org”). If communist nations were to wait out an American embargo successfully, it would provide a faulty victory for communism as well as send a false message to socialist nations…

Cuba’s relationship with the United States has not always been full of tension. A huge supplier of sugar in the late 1800’s and a leisure destination for Americas rich and famous, its ties suddenly changed when Fidel Castro’s overthrew the Battista regime, announced his Communist intentions and turned to the Communist influence of the Soviet Union. With the threat of Soviet power so close to the U.S., President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a partial embargo on Cuba’s export which led to the…