Fidel Castro was born August 13th, 1926. He was the 5th of 9 children, but at a very young age he made international news, which could be a foreshadowing of sorts. He attended a Latin American student conference in Colombia and took part in the violent protests against Americans. He started his political life early, when he ran for Congress at the age of 26. This never took place as Fulgencio Batista took power in a coup. Fidel strongly opposed Batista and went as far as armed Guerrila attacks to take power himself. His attacks were made up of only a few people and were put down by Batista,. The only reason Castro wasn’t executed on the spot was because he knew the soldier that had arrested him from school. He was released due to civil opposition
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Castro, with his newfound confidence, launched another guerilla attack which left a dent, and eventually, problems within the military of Batista led to his fall and he fled the country. At the age of 32, Castro took the country, under pressure to form a new and improved government. Historians have assessed Castro’s ideas and policies, his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effect of the Bay of Pigs attack. Fidel had many policies to do with his people’s every day lives, including when “food was rationed so that no one would go hungry” and “everyone's rent was given a ceiling of 10 percent of the renter's income. That translated to about $10.00 per month even in the 1980s” (“Fidel” Newsmakers). These policies were significant to Cuba and improved its economy greatly, and some other of his policies much like this one raised the literacy rate in Cuba to 96%. Castro also had an idea of seeking a “revolution” of sorts. This revolution would bring about many socialistic ideas about in Cuba, and was harshly opposed by the United States as “the revolution became slowly radicalized” with “the …show more content…
“With these missiles in place in Cuba, the Soviet Union would be able to reach U.S. soil with a nuclear weapon.” (“The Cuban”). This was huge news as the two superpowers who were locked in a “war” with each other could now each wipe each other out with nuclear missiles, as the United States had missiles in Turkey. Tensions increased and “the possibility of nuclear attacks had all three nations locked in an intense period of tension and fear over this threat and how each nation would respond to it” (“The Cuban”). This fear played a part in the naming of this event, The Cuban Missile Crisis. It was a deadly stalemate in which each side was fearing disaster for their countries. Allies of the superpowers were each completely prepared to attack each other, such as Fidel, and “when President Kennedy protested and negotiated the missiles' removal directly with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Castro felt humiliated” (“Fidel” Encyclopedia). He felt weak, as though the United States had won this, although they were required to remove nukes from Turkey as well. After this fiasco the United States cut further ties from anything Cuban, such as Cuban cigars, and in doing so, many other countries followed and soon Cuba was practically isolated and depending greatly on the Soviet Union for
Castro, with his newfound confidence, launched another guerilla attack which left a dent, and eventually, problems within the military of Batista led to his fall and he fled the country. At the age of 32, Castro took the country, under pressure to form a new and improved government. Historians have assessed Castro’s ideas and policies, his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effect of the Bay of Pigs attack. Fidel had many policies to do with his people’s every day lives, including when “food was rationed so that no one would go hungry” and “everyone's rent was given a ceiling of 10 percent of the renter's income. That translated to about $10.00 per month even in the 1980s” (“Fidel” Newsmakers). These policies were significant to Cuba and improved its economy greatly, and some other of his policies much like this one raised the literacy rate in Cuba to 96%. Castro also had an idea of seeking a “revolution” of sorts. This revolution would bring about many socialistic ideas about in Cuba, and was harshly opposed by the United States as “the revolution became slowly radicalized” with “the …show more content…
“With these missiles in place in Cuba, the Soviet Union would be able to reach U.S. soil with a nuclear weapon.” (“The Cuban”). This was huge news as the two superpowers who were locked in a “war” with each other could now each wipe each other out with nuclear missiles, as the United States had missiles in Turkey. Tensions increased and “the possibility of nuclear attacks had all three nations locked in an intense period of tension and fear over this threat and how each nation would respond to it” (“The Cuban”). This fear played a part in the naming of this event, The Cuban Missile Crisis. It was a deadly stalemate in which each side was fearing disaster for their countries. Allies of the superpowers were each completely prepared to attack each other, such as Fidel, and “when President Kennedy protested and negotiated the missiles' removal directly with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Castro felt humiliated” (“Fidel” Encyclopedia). He felt weak, as though the United States had won this, although they were required to remove nukes from Turkey as well. After this fiasco the United States cut further ties from anything Cuban, such as Cuban cigars, and in doing so, many other countries followed and soon Cuba was practically isolated and depending greatly on the Soviet Union for