Castro's Oust Of Communism

Louis A. Pérez Jr. is an American author who wrote this source in 2002, which was four years before the end of Castro’s rule. The journal article in its entirety was made to explore how and why the US had fear of and loathing towards Fidel Castro. In the extracts, I have selected benefits and disadvantages brought about by Castro are mentioned and explored. The source, for example, mentions how Castro nationalised US property such as sugar corporations, cattle ranches, oil refineries, utilities, mines, railroads and banks. Although it may have initially created economic problems, the nationalism of US property would have been a good thing, as it would have helped Cuba feel more independent and free and therefore benefit the nation socially by creating a sense of patriotism. In another extract pulled from the same article, the four

After it became officially globally acknowledged that Cuba was in fact a communist state and was being led through a dictatorship run by Castro, it did not take long before powerful enemies and essential allies were formed. The act of seizing all foreign land with none or very little compensation was received with great hostility amongst those who lost in their property through this process, and probably the reaction that had the biggest impact on Cuba’s economy was that of the US. Castro’s communistic policies did not of course help calm this resentment and also took part in leading to the establishment of trade embargos with Cuba from the US. This meant that Cuba would now lose a very valuable buyer of their precious sugar, [5] but they did however gain another one, a powerful nation that shared quite similar Marxist ideals and were quick to form an alliance with the Cubans, the USSR.

Fulgencio Batista was elected President of Cuba between 1940 and 1940. In 1952 Batista declared that constitutional guarantees and the right to strike will be suspended. He became a dictator with absolute power over Cuba. Batista turned the Cuban capital of Havana into one of the largest gambling cities in the world. Batista reorganised the Cuba’s treasury so that political representatives and himself can take freely from the riches. Under Batista’s rule, education and health care wasn’t free to the general public. The Cuban public were not satisfied with Batista and how he was ruling Cuba, the people didn’t have a say in decisions in government, were treated unfairly with high taxes, selling/giving the peoples land to American business owners.

During the Cold War, a new leader of Cuba rose to the top. Fidel Castro threw Barista out of power and began to lead the Cuban people with flying colors. Little did these citizens know, was he was leading them into bad relations with his many Soviet ties. But before Cuba was touched upon by Castro, the U.S. had gained the territory from Spain in 1898, in the end of the Spanish-American War. Gaining Cuba as a territory to the U.S., it was then in charge of the country's affairs and leased its naval base at Guantanamo Bay. Cuba was also one of the largest sugar producers in the century. The U.S. saw the sugar business was essential for trade profit. Between Cuba's agriculture, while growing tobacco Cuba could partner with southern U.S. to harvest and export many

In 1959, Fidel Castro came into power by overthrowing Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and from that moment on the United States was very skeptical about him. They felt this way because they were very much aware of Castro's relationship with the leader

The precise manner that American and Cuban relations would be operated was outlined in “The Platt Amendment, which was to govern American relations with Cuba down to the advent of Fidel Castro” which necessitated the input of the United States before the government of Cuba made any decision or attempted to take any action . The political landscape of Cuba was heavily influenced by the United States prominently supporting the military government of the dictator Fulgencio Batista following a coup in 1952 and the cancelling of elections on Cuba. As a result of their support to Batista’s military coup and government Batista was very pro United States business and government. This friendliness to large corporations and businesses from the United States created a very unstable and unsustainable economic model for long-term economic growth in Cuba because it was exclusively dependent on outside forces that could not be controlled by Cubans or the Cuban government. This is shown by the large presence of American sugar producers and corporations in Cuba as the main forces driving the economy of Cuba meaning “that it was at the mercy of external forces on the world market” making it impossible for Cuba to “plan its economy or to develop its standard of living on the basis of such dependence on capricious world forces which it could not hope to control” . American sugar corporations were so dominant and crucial to the Cuban economy that they held “about 75 per cent of Cuba’s arable land” and their sugar product made up “nearly 90 per cent of Cuba’s exports and 33 per cent of the country’s national income” . The dependence on outside corporations and the world market made only worse the condition for the majority of the Cuban population that was employed by

Fidel Castro and his followers later began a series of successful attacks against the Batista government (Sherrow). At first the United States did not agree with Castro in any way and refused to help his cause, financially or otherwise. But a few years later, in an attempt for Castro to portray all of the wrongdoings of the Cuban government, the United States finally "placed an embargo on all arm deliveries to the Fulgencio Batista government" (Goldston). "The Twenty-Sixth of July" movement helped, in that sense. The United States finally did not support the Batista

In 1954 Washington’s intervening in Latin American affairs-CIA-directed coup that ousted a leftist government in Guatemala. Few of the most ominous of all was the communist beach-head in Cuba. The dictator Fulgencio Batista, in power since the 1930s, had encouraged huge investments of American capital; in return Washington gave support. Later black bearded Fidel Castro engineered a revolution that denounced the Yankee imperialists and began to expropriate valuable American properties in pursuing a land-distribution program. Washington, finally gave up patience and released Cuba from “imperialistic slavery by cutting off they heavy U.S. imports of Cuban sugar. This lead into further retaliation from Castro to confiscate Yankee property which

The Cuban revolution was the spark that ignited the flame of communism in Cuba. The developing nation gained independence only as recently as 1898, and was already filled with an atmosphere of distrust and resentment towards the United States. In July of 1953, a revolution began in Cuba between the United States backed President Batista and Fidel Castro. Fidel and his brother Raul Castro lead a series of guerilla warfare battles against the forces of President Batista. “I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba,” stated Fidel Castro. In January of 1959, Fidel Castro became the President of Cuba. With the regime of Fidel Castro, Cuba would fall to communism.

Fidel Castro is making plans to overthrow Cuba along with revolutionary Che Guevara. The main reason why Castro and Guevara wanted to overthrow Batista was for the people. We had been suffering too much from the Batista dictatorship for a long time. Che wants the proletariat to have a leader that they can respect for our fair and equal views. One of the major aspects of the Cuban Revolution was the United States getting involved.The reason why the United States got involved was they had a good relationship with Batista and they were nervous that the Cuban rebels could take over property the USA invested in Cuba. The United States also got involved in the war because Castro wanted to become allies with the Soviet Union

The Cuban people have been under the harsh dictatorship of both Felgenico Batista and Fidel Castro. They both had very strict policies and gave the Cuban people limited or no freedom at all. Batista and Castro were similar but yet different. One major difference that they had was that Batista was friendly with the United States and he had respect for American interest. On the other hand Fidel Castro hasn’t been as friendly with the United States, so the U.S has a trade embargo that restricts and American company to do business with Cuba and also U.S citizens are prohibited from traveling to Cuba unless for special circumstances.

When Castro, a communist, took control of Cuba, America feared that their relationship would change for the worst. The two countries had a very close alliance and both benefited from the income from their relationship. For example, America had sugar shipped in from Cuba and owned many businesses before the new government took power. Along with that, they controlled farms, land, and many businesses After the communists took power, Castro thought that America should have less power and control less property.

The Republic of Cuba, a Caribbean island under communist rule, for the first time in six decades will no longer be ruled under a Castro regime. Current President Raul Castro will not be running for re-election. Back in 2012, Castro made headlines by introducing term limits; people saw this as a sign of a new era in Cuba. Similar to the United States, where presidents can only serve two terms. Other changes that President Castro wanted to see in Cuba was the economic despair that the nation has been under for quite some time. In today's present-day Cuba, one thing seems to be for certain: The Castro era is coming to an end.

In 1940 to 1944, communist Fulgencio Batista withheld power as the president of Cuba and then from 1952 to 1959, United States backed dictator until fleeing Cuba because of Fidel Castro’s 26th of July Movement. Socialist Fidel Castro governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Fidel Castro’s intent was to provide Cuba with an honest democratic government by diminishing the corrupt way in which the country was run, the large role the United States played in the running of Cuba as well as the poor treatment & the living conditions of the lower class.

The most interesting selection I found was probably “Castro’s Journey to Power”, Because Castro began his life as a rebel in 1953 when he recklessly attempted to steal equipment from Cuban military causing him and his brother Raul were sent to prison. When he Succeeded to become the Cuban leader, the U.S was the first to notice his government. In just a few months Castro made very dramatic and effective changes in how Cuba traded and did business. In 1964 Castro finally admitted to holding 15,000 people as prisoners and then thousands of Cubans left, even his own daughter and sister had left