Fidel Castro: An Effective Leader

In 1950, an opposition movement arose in Cuba. It aimed to overthrow the government which was under the rule of the dictator Fulgencio Batista, who had controlled Cuba since the early 1933’s. The leader of the movement was Fidel Castro. In 1954 Fidel and his brother Raul teamed up

According to the educational film Fidel Castro, the Cuban Leader came into power on January 1st, 1959 when the former president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista fled the

On February 16, 1959 Fidel Castro was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba. Cuba was the first communist state on the west side of the world. Castro has had more than 600 assassination attempts on him. His fight for prime minister of Cuba was not an easy task for him. He had to fight for it. Castro led 160 of his men in a attack on Moncada Barracks. His plan was to take weapons and tell of his revolution from the Barracks radio station, but most of his men died and Castro got arrested and put on trial for trying to overthrow the Cuban government. He argued that he was trying to make a democracy in Cuba but he still got 15 years in prison. Then two years later prime minister Batista let him got because he felt that Castro wouldn’t try attacking the Cuban government again. He later went to his brother Raul in Mexico and planned another attack on the Cuban government, but with only had 81 people to fight with him. On December 2, 1956 his 81 men landed on the Cuban coast. All but Castro, Raul, and ten other were killed or captured. Then they retreated and started guerrilla warfare on the Cuban government and caused

Fulgencio Batista, the son of poor farmers in Cuba, was elected president in 1940. At the beginning , he greatly improved the education and economy. However, his term ended in 1944, when he moved to Florida. During that time, corruption made its way back to Cuba, so Fulgencio;s return through an overthrow of the government was widely welcomed by the people. To their astonishment, he returned as an oppressive, cruel dictator, embezzling money, favoring corruption , managing to be hated by the majority of the Cuban population.

Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926 in Buran, Cuba to the parent’s foreigners Angel, and Lina Castro Ruz. He is the son of a successful sugar cane planter. Fidel Castro was known for his athletic skill and for his smarts. He went to

Fidel Castro, led a revolt that overthrew the Cuba dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959. Castro had a close relationship with the Soviet Union Leader Nikita Khrushchev. The U.S.

In the article I have found that throughout the rule of Fidel Castro he has proven to be a very poor leader that turned many of his citizens away from him. During his rule in Cuba he did many controversy actions that caused Cubans to flee to America, his family to leave him, and blockades to be put on him.

Cuban President Raúl Castro was born on June 3, 1931, near Birán, Cuba. As a young man, he became interested in politics and joined a socialist youth group. In the late 1950s, he participated in the revolution that brought his brother, Fidel Castro, to power, and soon thereafter was appointed head of the armed forces. In the decades that followed, he also served as Cuba’s defense minister and deputy prime minister. In February 2008, Raúl succeeded Fidel as president of Cuba and since that time has implemented a variety of social, economic and political reforms in the country, including the restoration of diplomatic ties with the United States.

Cuba than fell even farther in a downward spiral due to an increase in corruption and political violence beside the fact that they had a new ruler. The Cuban people continued to search for a leader that would bring them prosperity. Another man emerged from depths of the Cuban jungle to hopefully bring the Cuban people what they want, and his name was Fidel Castro. One of the most iconic figures in Cuban history, Fidel Castro was a self proclaimed revolutionist. His ideas of a communist country fueled him to overthrow the Batista government in a violent fashion in 1952.

In conclusion, one political leader in history, Fidel Castro, has impacted his nation by the various choices and changes he has made. When making his decisions, Fidel was the first leader of Cuba to make the country a communist country; however, he restored and reformed Cuba as well. The political decisions that Castro made, how they changed and impacted his and other nations, and how genres of literature can educate people about choices and consequences are just a few ways on how a nation can change from choices and consequences.

Fidel Castro was the man who successfully removed Batista from his cruel dictatorship. In Castro’s early life, he went to three expensive Catholic schools. He was good at sports, and participated and led camping and climbing exhibitions. Castro fought with the other boys and teachers frequently.

Lowering taxes, setting land aside for the poor, and trying to help his people are all what Fidel Castro did. He was good to his people, but had ties with the Soviet Union. The CIA wanted to kill him because of his ties with the Soviet Union, and the United States wanted ties with Cuba. Fidel Castro was the Cuban prime minister, led a revolution, became a Cuban leader, and he escaped death (Fidel Castro, Famous People J1).

At first the military killed or captured but Castro and Raúl managed to escape and over next two years the movement steadily grows(“Fidel”). Beginning in 1958 Castro and his forces began a campaign of guerrilla warfare to successfully overthrow Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista(“Fidel”). In January 1959 Castro at the age of 32 successfully takes control over

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.

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.