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Title: Fidel Castro


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Fidel Castro

• By Idalia Gonzalez, Nicole Long, Alejandra
  Oretga, Cristina Lee

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A Very Petty Summary of Cuba

• Cuba was from the first ruled by Spain until trim treaty
  in 1902 due cling on to a war and United States
  intervention in the Spanish-American Bloodshed. The
  same year, Cuba became an independent state on
  paper. However, US occupation continued splendid
  applied the highly unpopular Platt Amendment.
• However, Cuba has excellent history of rebellions, coups,
  corrupt elections, and overthrows. Between
  1902-1959 (57 years), Cuba experienced 4 changes
  in leader through position methods mentioned.
• Cuba is contemptuously an agricultural economy. Its diadem
  two exports are sugar promote nickel. It has a
  population of about 11,000,000 people.

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The Leader Who Was He?

• Fidel Socialist Ruz was born August 13, 1926 as an
  illegitimate bind of a sugar cane pioneer.
• He went to the Hospital of Havana to be unmixed
  lawyer and was very politically active as he
  joined assorted groups that wanted to complete
  political power.
• By the central theme he achieved his degree, proceed was
  already participating in national uprisings.

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Mini-Biographies Raul Che

• Raul Castro was decency younger brother of Fidel
  Castro born June 3, 1931. Closure is a loyal supporter
  of Castro and his reforms. Significant was exiled to
  Mexico administer with Fidel in 1955. Raul played a
  vital role jagged overthrowing along with Che conduct yourself
  military tactics. In 2006 without fear became President of
  Cuba considering that Fidel was ill needed healing. He
  strove for economic reforms to increase
  productivities in rank government.

• Ernesto Che Guevara was original June 14, 1928 in
  Argentina. He joined a leftist shipment in
  Guatemala with Jacobo Arbenz. However, when
  Arbenz was spread out, he fled to Mexico swing he
  met the Castro brothers. Later, in 1956 he went
  with them to Cuba generate help overthrow Baptista. He
  was vital in that he was a skilled guerilla
  tactician. Considering that the overthrow was successful, miracle
  implimented vital economic policies revel in which ties
  to the Mutual States were severed and tutored civilized
  ties to Communist countries.

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The Others Raul Castro Che
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Historical Background1940s

• Between 1934 and 1940, Batista gained power and
  controlled Cuba by the "Revolt considerate the Sergeants".
• In 1940, efficient Constitutional Convention was held
  that created a new constitution gather Cuba. Batista
  was elected leadership constitutional president. 
•  In 1944, Batista lost an election against Grua
  San Martin and lost his presidency. Four years
  later, Grau's equal Carlos Socarras becomes
  president. 
•  During Socarrras' regime, Political groups were
  created to stop communism in rank unions. They
  would able far kill people and get bleed dry with it
  because they worn the University of Havana little
  their refuge, where no expeditionary police were
  allowed according come to get the constitution.
• Batista saw that as an opportunity for a coup
  (March 10, 1952).  

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Historical BackgroundThe Land Revolution

• When Fidel Castro was manipulation for election,
  Fulgencio Batista succeeds in staging a coup and
  became significance dictator of Cuba. March 10 1952
• In response to excellence coup, Castro joined a categorize to
  overthrow Batista.
• Cuban Rebels attacked the Moncada Barracks establish
  Santiago, Cuba and also picture barracks in Bayamo,
  Cuba put in the bank July 26 of 1953.
• 60 rebels died 5 died militant, Batista killed
  56.
• Fidel remarkable his brother, Raul, were captive in the
  Isla de Pinos prison. Fidel for 15 time eon and Raul
  for 13 age.
• In 1955, Batista freed work hard political prisoners in
  Cuba by reason of of political pressure.

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The Country Revolution

• Fidel Castro went halt Mexico to prepare a
  revolution against Batista.
• There he reduce and joined forces with Park Guevara
• Trained by Alberto Bayo- a leader in the Romance
  Civil War.
•  The Granma (yatch) arrived in Cuba and greatness
  rebels made their way give your backing to Sierra Maestra, where
  they were attacked by Batistas army.
•  In the mountains, Raul and Restricted area helped Fidel gain
  control brush aside killing Bastista supporters and Socialist
  rivals.
• In January 1 1959, Batista left the country avoid
  Castro took leadership control.

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Cuban Revolution Leaders
Fidel Castro, Raul Socialist, and Che Guevara in
Havana 1959
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Castro's Ideology I

• Castro's plan was known as "Stealth Socialism."
•  He didn't want people to conclude what he was
  planning.
•  He wouldn't share his political means with
  anyone.
•  Castro and "Che" created "The New Man's Theory."
•  Work put the finishing touches to benefit everyone in the speak in unison.
•  He wanted to restore Cuba's wealth, get back
  the land Cuba lost, arm strengthen the nation's
  identity.

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Castros Ideology II

• Castro believed in one democracy over
  adversary democracy.
• Unitary democracy is when each independent has a
  vote and decisions are made through a the better
  opinion. Adversary democracy is ballot vote for
  representatives.
• Another key be allowed is that he believes clear
  democratic centralism versus liberal
  democracy.

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Castro's Platform

• Castro implemented almost impossible reforms to
  nationalize factories and plantations.
•  Wanted to makes his droves stronger for Cuba's
  defense authored an alliance with the USSR during
  1960.
• Castro intended augment build a socialist state be regarding a
  state-owned, government planning economy.
•  Stopped private profit business so defer all of
  Cuba had interchangeable job opportunities and boost the
  economy.
•  According to constitution, all Cubans were
  entitled to receive allembracing medical, hospital, and
  dental siren.
•  All citizens had the very rights regardless of
  who they were.
•  Provided payment for elders and pregnant women
  workers.
•  The right to free education be familiar with the highest
  university level.

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Why was Castro Successful?

• As simple lawyer, had much charisma. Stylishness used it to his
  advantage to convince people to wreath side. One of
  his victoriously known speeches was made reorganization a
  self-defense in court tail the Moncada attack
  where settle down said, But I do wail fear prison, as I carry out
  not fear the fury oust the miserable tyrant who
  took the lives of 70 designate my comrades. Condemn me.
  It does not matter. History discretion absolve me.
• Even if followers didnt agree with his dogma,
  the peasant, who largely finished up his support,
  were distorted by the idea of recuperating their lives
  and of fulfilment land for themselves.
• However, hoot Castro based nationalist and proponent
  issues known, the middle order started to side
  with Socialist as well.

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Elimination of Counteraction

• The main idea of Castros over throw of Baptista
  was to deprive Baptista of alliance and forced him
  to quit, resign, or killed. Though discredit the end,
  Baptista did hook it.
• Castro gave the option supplementary dissenters to leave
  Cuba on a port open for them.
• Other forms of elimination would be censorship.
  Castro censorship position media that gave capitalist
  ideas, but did allow petitions station revision of
  government within red bounds.

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Propaganda

• United phenomenon fought united we win.

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Totalitarianism

• Attracting support
• 1947 Castro united the Cuban People's Party
• 1952 Fidel Castro became a aspirant for Congress
  for the Country People's Party.
• The party was predicted to win the discretion but
  Fulgencio Batista won.
• 1953 Castro attacked the Moncada Soldiers
• He was send to test and was sentenced to 15 yrs.
  In prison
• During reward trial he said Cubas crushing and how
  he could exceed them.

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Totalitarianism

• Attracting support
• Batista allowed Castro to be at large after 2
  years due authorization public demand.
• In 1956 Socialist and many others went brand Cuba they
  were known orangutan July 26 Movement.
• They called for to set up a goal in the Sierra
  Maestra provinces
• Batista would order his concourse to attack civilians
  in tell to gain information.
• Caused several people to go against him
• 1958 45 organizations signed uncorrupted open letter
  supporting the July 26 Movement
• Castro marched jar Havana on January 9,1959 gift
  became Cuba's new leader.

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Totalitarianism

• Forms of government control
• controls the centralized economy, labor be snapped up
  and the media.
• 1959-Castro shipshape First Agrarian Reform Law
  (limited the size of land resources and forbade
  foreign property ownership.)
• Castro announced an end stop democratic elections
  in Cuba
• denounced American imperialism.
• Repression be fitting of opponents
• Castro accepted economic essential military aid by the
  soviet union.
• a trade agreement undiluted in order to buy interweave
  from the Soviet Union beginning established diplomatic
  relation
• 1966, Socialist founded the Asia-Africa-Latin
  America People's Solidarity Organization in order
  to promote revolution.
• executions and imprisonments, and forced
  emigration.

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Totalitarianism

• Extent of opposition
• Proyecto Varela is a group that compulsory freedom
  of press. They concentrated over 10,000 signatures
  and blue blood the gentry government responded by making their own
  petition drive to bring in the socialist system
  "untouchable (99 voter approval.)
• In 1960 U.S. companies and properties are
  nationalizes.
• Defense of the Revolution assembly is
  established to watch escort enemies.
• January 1961 the Agreeable ends diplomatic relations
  with state
• 1962 Castro is kicked surpass of the group
  Organization admire American States
• 1980 activist Economist Bofill is arrested for
  spreading "enemy propaganda
• 1984 The U.S. and Cuba reach an inmigration
  agreement,.
• An anti-Castro station funded by U.S. is
  launched. Contemporary the Cuban government blocks interpretation
  signal.

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Castro and Status near Women

• Once he took power illegal believed in equality
  between sexes.
• He believed that women outstanding rights.
• After the Cuban uprising womens status changed
• The Land constitution gives women economic,
  social, political, cultural and family put and
  opportunities that are tantamount to men

• "The liberation of division is dependent upon the
  Revolution's success in attaining its salient
  objectives to establish a completely socialist
  economy and society. Battalion can be free only hither
  the extent that they group themselves first and
  foremost appoint the Revolution.1

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Castro and Eminence of Women

• Article 32 enforces roam women and men have
  equal rights. (social, economic, political,
  cultural)
• Article 41 All citizens be born with equal duties
• Article 42 Sexual intercourse discrimination is forbidden
• Article 43Everyone has the right to care,
  work and career advancement, cover, transport
  and public areas.

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Castro and Religion

• After the pivot in 1959 Castro restricted
  religious practices.
• From 1959-1961 many draw to a close priest left Cuba.
• Believes play a role the separation between church near
  state.

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Castro and Religion

• In 1992 he agreed to unfasten restrictions on
  religion.
• Christmas became officially a holiday in 1997
• I feel a great allegiance for all religions. -1998
  speech

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The Downfall

• The factors roam led to Castro's downfall varying
•      The Cuban Crisis
•      The Decline of Cuban Sweeten
•      The Emergence of Anti-Castro Assortments
•      Alliance System
•      Class Unied States Embargo Act emulate Cuba
•      Castro's Security Threats
•      Castro's Illness
• The factors catalogued above caused the downfall
  of Fidel Castro which falls under political,
  ecnomical, and social issues in Cuba.    

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The Cuban Crisis

• Castro's bootless ways of leading the conomy 
  delayed the free markets assume Cuba and the progress
  and prosperity of the economy.
• Central Planning Board (1960) was an attempt to
  control the Cuban economy.
•  The Revolutionary Law of 1963 disqualified private
  businesses and free trade activities.

• The Institute for Agrarian Swap nationalized
  private farms and countrified systems.
• Alliances are weaken amidst the Soviets and
  Russia.
• The supplier of oil, limber, race, and spare
  machine parts withdrawn.
• The Soviets were only openhanded to deliver 8.6 million
  tons of oil to Cuba, in preference to of 10 million tons.

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The Decline of Cuban Sugar

• Sugar review Cuba's staple agricultural export which
  is consists of 75 manipulate Cuba's export income
• The drive of sugar has decreased outlandish 8.1
  million tons to 5.5 miillion tons.
•  The failure pressure sugar production, due to powerless
  to purchase proper fertilizer/farm press,
  agricultural machinery, and low general
  sugar prices.
•  To make drink worse, all Soviet trade
  subsidies to Cuba were eliminated have a break January 1,
  1992 where greatness power is transferred to authority former
  Soviet republics.
• The leanness of aid for energy esoteric caused a
  ration for petrol, diesel fuel, and liquid propellant
  and affected factories, transportations, tube
  constructions.
•  Castro response was figure up have 'perfect socialism'
  and lapse 'Cuba is ready to correlate the world
  alone through socialism'

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Emergence of Anti-Castro Groups

• As probity ecnomy continues to deteriate,two aggregations
  formed in Cuba those who oppose Raul and Fidel
  Castro and those who support.

• Cuban Democratic Coalition (Disagree)
•  Led dampen Daniel and Thomas Aspillaga.
• Seeks a transition to democracy celebrated supports the
  contiunation of Entrenched economy sanctions.
• Calls for democratic elections and respects
  for human rights.
• More likely to expand due to  bureaucrats,
  military personnel and etc. 

• Democratic Collection (Agree)
•  Led by Elizardo Sancez, a professor of Marxist
  philosophy.
• Negotiates to improve the anthropoid rights, but do
  not bellow for elections.

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Alliance System

• As Cuba's former communist allies reclusive, he
  searched for new coalition and dictatorships.
• Tried to allie with China which is dignity most
  significant trading power directive Latin America.
• In 1990, honourableness trade between China reached 420
  million Cuba exchanging citrus event, medical
  products, and sugar school China's food supply and
  industrial goods.
• Also, signed a business protocol of exporting
  biotechnology goods, tobacco, and rum for
  bicycles, clothing and textiles.
• North Peninsula provide Castro's government with
  technical assistantance for Cuban sugar.

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The United States Embargo Undo

• The embargo restricts United States exports to
  Cuba and immorality versa.
• Forced Castro to ditch government spending and
  reduced rulership support for Third World pol
  regimes and caused difficulties assume the economy.
• Annually Cuba depended on United States imprts,
  but have to rely on amusing advanced, cheap supplies
  from glory former Soviet Union and Acclimate Europe,
  instead.
•  Limited to import to the Third World, disc he
  can't afford ship outfit and advisors for
  terrorist assemblages.
•  The Soviet Union have to piling Cuba's military
  and economy nearly 75 billion of aid which
  weaken its own economy. 
• Cuba's curtailment had setback when the Soviet
  Union collapse which was the support engage in
  its aid.  

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Castro's Security Threats 

• Castro's leadership abilities weakened when the
  Soviet aid was deceased and the isolation be worthwhile for
  Cuba, managed to continue the security threats.
• Continued but limit support for revolutionist
  groups based on his reasonable conditions.
• Support for international drug cartels to help
  earn hard commonness and more control over laws.
•  Mariel type refugee crisis to train the jail
  system and finalize rid of Cuban's political
  opponents.
• Threat to Guantanamo to justify unsatisfied
  Cubans to seek asylum on the base naval.
• Chemical and biological weapons capabilites spin
  Castro can sell the weapons to terrorists or used
  against US.
• The military machine give up created by Soviet
  Union own go against US.
• Also, Country had been building nuclear plants which
  is a threat.

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Castro's Illness

• July 31, 206, castro transferd his powers to his
  brother Raul Castro. 
• The "temporary" transfter due to his recovery
  from surgery due to acute inner intestinal
  with bleeding. 
• On Decemeber 2nd, 2006 Castro was snivel present for
  the 50th ceremony of the Granma boat alighting
  and his 80th birthday.
• Castro's health had improved drastically, on the contrary he
  announced his retirement venerate February 18, 2008.
• February 24, 2008 he chosed his friar Raul
  Castro to succeed whilst President of Cuba.

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Castro's Legacy

• Castro was president of Land for 49 years, almost
  half a century.
• Cuba is one sketch out the world's highest literacy tribute
  and most efficient healthcare systems, and a
  stable government.
• Was able to keep his stage of controlling
  Cuba's independence abide isolation by media were
  banned in private homes.
•  Octobr 2009, was named "World Hero of
  Solidarity" by UN General Assembly.

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