Moncada Barracks

Fulgencio Batista overthrew the government and the election was cancelled (Biography.com Editors 7). Fidel and some people from the Ortodoxo party who knew they were going to win the election were mad and on July 26, 1953 they attacked the Moncada military barracks trying to overthrow Fulgencio (Biography.com Editors 8). The attack to overthrow Fulgencio failed and Fidel was sent to jail for 15 years (Biography.com Editors 8). In 1955, Fidel was released from prison because of an amnesty deal…

Before the Cuban revolution, under president Fulgencio Batista, Cuba was plagued with unemployment and limited water infrastructure. Less than 50% of children were given education and hygiene was very poor. Furthermore, Batista was far more dictatorial than anyone had expected. He even let American companies dominate the economy and formed links to organized crime. 75% of Cuba’s most fertile and arable land was owned by foreign individuals. All of this contributed to making life worse for Cuban…

an election. In 1954 Cuba continued in a state of insurgency with anti-Batista elements. Many degrees of opposition were taken, but Batista was again re-elected. Fidel Castro was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1953 for the attacking Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba. He and His brother Raul was released in 1955 as part of a general amnesty for political prisoners. Fidel Castro a beard, long speeches, cigar smoking, conquered…

Based on a review of the eight-part Netflix documentary, “The Cuba Libre Story,” this leadership study is to identify and compare the leadership styles, traits and influences of Cuba's leaders. The discussion will examine how they have affected the Cuban people, Latin America and the world for the past one hundred plus years. Cuba's leaders have claimed to use every means available to protect Cuba and the Cuban people from oppression and tyranny, while becoming tyrants and using authoritarian…

Fidel Castro is revered as one of the most prominent communist leaders of the last century. On August 13, 1926 Fidel Castro was born in Birán, Cuba to his parents Angel Castro y Agrgiz and Lina Ruz Gonzalez. Fidel had six siblings consisting of four sisters and two brothers. His brothers were Raul and Ramon Castro, and his sisters went by the names of Juanita, Angelita, Enma, and Augustina Castro. His dad was a Spanish immigrant who made a fortune constructing railroad systems with the means of…

The Cuba revolution happened in 1953 July 26th, to 1959 January 1st, the Cuba revolution occurred from deep unhappiness with the regime of Fulgencio Batista (Batista) elected president of Cuba in 1940 to 1944 then turned dictator from 1952 to 1959. Batista allowed Cuba to be controlled and exploited by the USA. By March 1952 the protagonist for launching an armed revolution was Fidel Castro (Castro) a young lawyer and activists petitioned who aimed to overthrow Batista. Castro accused Batista of…

(Fidel Castro:Cuba’s Revolutionary Leader). However, Castro did not like this and planned a very, very popular uprising. In July of 1993 Castro’s revolution began. Castro and about 120 other men led an attack in Santiago de Cuba against the Moncada Army barracks. That attack failed miserably (Fidel Castro). Castro was captured a sent to prison for fifteen years. Two years later Fidel got out of prison as part of a general amnesty. Castro then met up with fellow revolutionist in Mexico. Together…

member of the “reformist” Cuban People’s Party. Throughout this time, he participated in more political occasions such as when he organized a rebel force consisting of 160 men, and July 26, 1953, this team attempted a suicidal attack on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago De Cuba in hopes of kindling an uprising. Most of these 160 men were killed, and Castro himself was…