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    Fidel Castro and his Rule Over Cuba I. Origins - Conditions which produce single-party states Cuba‚ as the largest and most important island of the West Indies‚ is a country with a colorful and eventful history. Ruled by Spain until the twentieth century‚ control of Cuba eventually passed to General Fulgencio Batista and his regime‚ which was able to maintain control over the volatile Cuban people only through constant military aid supplied by the United States. Under Batista‚ the people of

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    Fidel Castro Speech Critique Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was born near Birán‚ Cuba‚ on August 13‚ 1926. In 1959‚ Castro used guerilla warfare to successfully overthrow Cuban leader Batista‚ and was sworn in as prime minister of Cuba. As Cuban prime minister‚ Castro’s government established covert military and economic relations with the Soviet Union‚ leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis. He served as prime minister until 1976‚ when he became president of Cuba. Educated in private Jesuit

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    Fidel Castro was born in the small village of Birán‚ Cuba‚ in 1926 of an affair between a plantation owner and the maid of his wife. Castro was the third of six children. Castro pursued a career as a lawyer after high school and eventually became active in politics. The more he became active in politics‚ the more displeased he was with the current Cuban dictator‚ Fulgencio Batista‚ leading to the beginning of his campaign to remove Batista. Castro and his followers began a campaign of guerrilla warfare

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    Algebra/Trig 8 December 2014 Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was a Cuban dictator‚ he was born in Biran Cuba in 1926. Castro overthrew the government by using guerilla warfare tactics. After successfully overthrowing the government he was sworn in as Prime Minister. As Prime Minister‚ Castro established secret military and economic connections with the Soviet Union. These relations later lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1976 Castro became president of Cuba. Castro was the one of 6 children‚ two

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    Fidel Castro was born on August 13‚ 1926 in Mayari‚ Cuba. He was born to a wealthy family‚ who owned a sugarcane plantation‚ and went to private catholic school as a child. At school he was very smart and his teachers took notice of his great memorization skills. Fidel‚ the went to the university of Havana‚ where he majored in law. At the university‚ he became a member of groups which opposed the Cuban government. After attending school. He became a member of the Orthodoxo party and then campaigned

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    Cuba and its Leader Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro at the time was the leader of the state of Cuba and received much help from Russia to help defend them by providing them with missiles and eventually nuclear weapons. This placed Fidel Castro on the radar of the U.S intelligence and Covert operations and lead to many failed attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro during JFK’S presidency and lead to the ambiguous question of whether or not JFK directly order the Assassination of Fidel Castro. Through the analysis

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    Fidel Castro In Cuba on August 13‚ 1926 Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born. Fidel’s mother was the maid to his father‚ Angel’s‚ first wife. Once his father divorced his first wife Fidel’s name was changed from Ruz to Castro. Fidel’s’ family was rather wealthy for owning a Creole sugar plantation. Although his parents were both illiterate he went to school to get an education. He was extremely intellectual‚ but preferred sports instead. “In 1944 was awarded the prize as Cuba’s best all-round

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    Contributing Factors to the Rise of Castro On the first day of 1959‚ President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba boarded a plane to leave his country forever‚ surrendering Cuba’s government to a force of revolutionaries lead by Fidel Castro. The country was soon a host to one of the most hostile moments in the Cold War‚ the Cuban Missile crisis. This small Mid-Caribbean island became the focal point of Soviet and Western superpowers within four years of Castro’s coup of the Cuban government. How

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    Fidel Castro ’s Resilience Fidel Castro‚ as the leader of Cuba‚ maintains his power to this day because he found different ways and sources to keep his promises. For example‚ he maintained agrarian reform to improve the economy‚ he nationalized all the institutions of Cuba‚ including putting property in the service of the Cuban people for the Cuban people; and he improved the health care system and education to decrease illiteracy greatly. The results are a more equal state with documented advances

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    Fidel Castro Castro in front of a Havana statue of Cuban national hero José Martí in 2003. First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba In office July 1961 – April 19‚ 2011 Deputy Raúl Castro Preceded by Blas Roca Calderio Succeeded by Raúl Castro 15th President of Cuba In office December 2‚ 1976 – February 24‚ 2008* Prime Minister Himself Vice President Raúl Castro Preceded by Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado Succeeded by Raúl Castro 16th Prime Minister of Cuba In office

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