Successes:
The Cuban Revolution was successful in toppling the corrupt Batista dictatorship and getting the Cosa Nostra out of Cuba. January 3rd, 1959 in his address that day, Castro promised the Cuban people freedom of speech and civil rights. He also accused Batista of having fled into exile with millions of dollars and he promised to "do things that have never been done before." Castro introduce a national health care system that guarantees all Cubans free medical care and emphasis on education for his people. "Cubans were not worth two cents before the revolution," one man told a Miami Herald reporter this week. "It's true we have problems and we don't eat exactly what we want every day, but this