How Did Castro Contribute To The Cuban Revolution

Though he has a negative connotation in the American political perspective for being a Leninist/Marxist and for provoking such incidents as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro was a positive leader in Cuba and made many improvements to Cuban society after the Cuban Revolution that he led in 1959. Due to such incidents, many of Castro’s social reforms in Cuba are ignored (or dismissed as completely communistic and therefore without any merit to the United States), especially reforms that he made between the start of the revolution and 1990. As any newly instated leader would, Castro made mistakes in his rule and misjudged some situations, especially in the political playground. However, he made many contributions to his country and to the status of living to Cubans in his long reign as the main authority power in Cuba. After graduating from
All 81 men who went on this expedition were killed or captured except for Castro, his brother Raúl, Che Guevara (who agreed to come on the expedition as a doctor), and nine other men. The few men that were not apprehended by Batista’s forces or killed fled to the Sierra Maestra region in southwestern Cuba. They proceeded to gather more forces across the island and employ guerrilla warfare tactics against Batista’s forces. To gain more support around Cuba, Castro began to employ propaganda efforts, and internal political support of Batista had already wavered significantly since his return to power. With more support, Castro’s forces were able to win a string of victories over the government’s poorly led forces. As Batista was able to gather less political support and Castro’s forces grew, defeating his military more, Batista was forced to flee Cuba on January 1, 1959. At this point in time, Castro had over 800 guerrillas under his control, while they were able to defeat Cuba’s provisional army force of 30,000 trained