Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Fidel Castro

 

 
                      Early Life

Born in Biran , Cuba on August 13, 1926.

Castro grew up in a wealthy family and attended private schools throughout Cuba

1947 started to seek social Justice went to the Dominican Rebuplic and tried to overthrow Rafael Trujillo

        The Cuban Revolution


 In 1948 Castro atttempted to run for paraliment under General Fulgencio Batista's regime but Batista canceled the election

 July 26, 1953 - Castro and 150 supporter tired to overthrow Batista , The attack failed and Castro was sentenced to 15 years in prison inside of jail.

In 1955 - Castro was released from his jail sentence , under an amnesty deal with the Batista government  that led to him being released to Mexico

Soon after Fidel Castro met Ernesto "Che" Guevara inside of Mexico , who both worked together and devised a plan to overthrow Batista using Gurelilla Warfare tactics aganist his army , they also trained their revoluntary army there and they soon began to target Batista

In 1958 Castro and his military began to wipe out the Cuban Governement after a series of attacks on military targets and in January, Batista fled to the Dominican Republic to escpae Castro's heavy influence inside of the cuban region

Castro then became the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Military

In Feb 1959 , Prime Minister Jose Miro resigned and Fidel Castro became the new Prime Minster of Cuba

Castro later became the Cuban President during 1976 and led until 2008 , his brother Raul Castro became the new president of Cuba



Fidel Castro
 
                                       


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