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Fidel Castro

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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FIDEL CASTRO

BY sOPHIA MEJIA
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PERSONAL LIFE

  • Full name is Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
  • Born August 13, 1926 in Birán, Cuba
  • Played baseball at el Colegio de Belén
  • Enrolled as a law student at the University of Havana
  • Has 9 children
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EARLY POLITICS

  • In 1950, Castro graduated from the University of Havana and opened a law office.
  • Two years later, he ran for election to the Cuban House of Representatives
  • The election never happened, however, because Batista seized power that March
  • Castro responded by planning a popular uprising.
  • “From that moment on, I had a clear idea of the struggle ahead” Castro said
Photo by pietroizzo
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WHAT CASTRO DID

  • Castro established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow
  • of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959
  • Castro’s regime was successful in reducing illiteracy, stamping out racism and improving public health care
  • but was widely criticized for stifling economic and political freedoms
  • He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008.
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IMPACT

  • Castro abolished legal discrimination
  • brought electricity to the countryside
  • provided for full employment and advanced the causes of education and health care
  • built new schools and medical facilities
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IMPACT

  • closed down opposition newspapers
  • jailed thousands of political opponents and made no move toward elections
  • limited the amount of land a person could own
  • abolished private business and presided over housing and consumer goods shortages.
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lASTING EFFECT

  • Castro created a one-party government to exercise dictatorial control over all aspects of Cuba’s political,
  • economic, and cultural life.
  • All political dissent and opposition were ruthlessly suppressed.
  • Castro vastly expanded the country’s social services, extending them to all classes of society on an equal basis.
  • Educational and health services were made available to Cubans free of charge
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LASTING EFFECT

  • every citizen was guaranteed employment
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POSITIVE REFORMS

  • Fruitful in Oil, Gas, and Electric Power Generation
  • Redesign of the Educational System
  • Rapid Expansion of Tourism
  • rovision of Medical Services to Latin America and Other Countries
  • Dedication to their Jobs by Cuban Citizens
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NEGATIVE rEFORMS

  • Cuba did not do well economically
  • abuse of power has led to a government which controls every Cuban newspaper, television channel and .
  • radio station and restricts internet access
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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sophia Mejia