Argentine born, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara played an important part for the Cuban revolution as guerrilla, as minister of industry, and as a figure that influenced the Cuba 's revolution with his philosophy of a "new man," a new society that could be motivated by the morals rather than by personal gain. He was a first doctor, then a soldier, and a teacher in-between in the Cuba army. Here is where the revolution begin. Twenty percent of all Cubans were permanently unemployed. One point five percent of the landowners controlled forty six percent of the land. Half of the population had no electricity. Over half lived in bohios, a shack. Thirty seven percent could not read or write. Infant mortality was through the roof. And the …show more content…
Batista maintained control of the government through a string of puppet presidents until 1940, when he was himself elected President of Cuba on a populist platform. In 1952 facing certain electoral defeat, he led a military coup that preempted the election. The main issue is to control power. However, it was not about taking power but about knowing what to do with it. So the coup had to be based on principles. It also was not about making concession but establishing conditions. Batista led a coup and took power in one they so they believed all they had to do was organize a coup as well. The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro 's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution had domestic --such as agrarian reform, democratization of public services, and international repercussions --like missile crisis and US embargo in Cuba. Cuba 's successful independence served as a model to other Latin American revolutionary movements seeking to also to gain economic and political Independence from the US (pg
Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary who rejected the democracy. At that point, General Fulgencio Batista was leading the country using the democratic economic system. After an unsuccessful attempt of rising against the government, Fidel Castro was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was released under an amnesty and fle...
“In September 1933 he organized the “sergeants’ revolt”; it toppled the provisional regime of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, which had replaced the dictatorial regime of Gerardo Machado y Morales” (The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica 1).”Carlos Prío Socarrás in March 1952, was widely welcomed. But he returned as a brutal dictator, controlling the university, the press, and the Congress, and he embezzled huge sums from the soaring economy. In 1954 and ’58 the country held presidential elections that, though purportedly “free,” were manipulated to make Batista the sole candidate”(The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica 1).“Faced with the collapse of his regime and with the growing discontent of his supporters, Batista fled with his family to the Dominican Republic on January 1, 1959”(The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica 1).Bastia ruled totalitarian rule, jailing anyone against him, using terrorist methods, and getting cash for him and his friends(The Editors ...
In order to fully understand why the Cuban Revolutionary War occurred, it is important to know what was happening in Cuba before the war, what was influencing Cuban decisions at that time, and what precipitated the revolution where eventually Fidel Castro came into power. In 1933 General Gerardo Machado ruled the tyrannical government in Cuba, but his regime began to disintegrate. Enter a young Cuban Army Officer, Fulgencio Batista who had caught the attention of the Cuban people. Batista began a campaign to take over the rule of Cuba. His effort was successful as he allied with unions and student groups and because the Machado regime had effectively fallen apart. Batista was Cuba’s president in the early 1940’s and ran again for President in 1952. Before the elections could be completed, Batista was afraid he would lose the election, so he seized power without warning and cancelled the elections.
The exodus of the majority of skilled workers brought about a rapid change in the methods employed in educating Cuba’s population. If the revolution was to be successful, Cuba needed to replace the skilled workers that left with other skilled workers in the shortest amount of time possible. In 1961, the revolutionary government developed a nationwide campaign to rid Cuba of illiteracy. The program was given slogans like “ The people should teach the people and If you don’t know learn; if you know teach”. This program consisted of volunteer teachers who would help illiterate Cubans increase their education by teaching them the fundamentals. According to Fitzgerald, “(The literacy campaign) helped to integrate town and county and to galvanize support for revolutionary goals by bringing urban and rural populations into direct contact. ( p. 41)” Also, according to Fitzgerald, “ Enrollment in adult education rose dramatically from 66,577 students in the 1960-1961 school year to a peak of 842,024 students in the 1964-1965 school year, but plummeted to 309,717 students in 1969-1970. (P. 42)” This program benefited the poorer citizens of Cuba who remained in Cuba. They w...
One mission by Che Guevara was he, “strove to create a proper industrial base and to diminish the economy’s dependence on sugar,” (515). To improve the milk and meat production in Cuba efforts were made to breed a new kind of cattle. This effort failed which resulted in a famine because of this and with the U. S trade embargo the Cuban government began to give rations of daily necessities to citizens, (The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its People). Guevara efforts were too expensive for Cuba causing a crisis. The government, “decided to resolve its crisis by means of a “revolutionary offensive”: first, the nationalization of all services, restaurants, shops, and petty commercial iinstallations... witha production goal of 10 million tons of sugar (516). That goal did not work causing Fidel Castro to offer to resign. Cuba started to become a communist society. In terms of who was in charge and their role in, The Caribbean: A History of the Region and Its People state, “Castro was the visible head, the spokesman, and the international strategists while his brother Raul would become more and more the chief of personnel, the head of the armed forces and secret services,”
Many factors led to the rise of Castro’s power but finally after popular up-rises and other communistic approaches like the overthrowing the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, led to him being sworn in as Cuba’s prime minister and took power in the winter of 1958 (source A & F). He turned the country of Cuba into a one-party dictatorship with a gulag which evoked fear in the hearts of his fellow
On 10 March 1952 Batista’s coup changed Cuba for the worst. Cubans lost the ability to believe they could govern themselves with a dictatorship that resulted in Civil War, the continued will to overthrow dictatorship and the eradication of military. This lead to the overthrow of dictatorship and rise of the authoritarian system led by Fidel Castro Ruz. After a campaign against the Batista regime, Castro took over 1 January 1959. Through for decades Castro managed to sink Cuba’s economy even lower, halting productivity and
The Cuban Revolution created great changes to Cuba’s government and world relations. For a long time before, Cuba had wanted independence from Spain, and after it was acquired, many reforms ensued. To today, the Cuban Revolution changed the U.S.’s stance on Cuba, Cuba’s world relations, and it’s present-day government.
The Cuban people had a very good reason to revolt. Fulgencio Batista was a cruel ruler. Batista was a cruel leader who didn’t care about his people, just himself and money. He was not very supportive of his people and their wishes. The Cuban people had asked for a change before, and Batista refused to listen.
The main causes of the revolution were the corrupt way in which the country was run, the large role the US played in the running of Cuba and the poor treatment & conditions the lower class Cubans lived with. The leader before the revolution was a man named Fulgencio Batista, who came into power via a coup. He suspended the Constitution, effectively establishing a dictatorship, and increased the Cuban dependency on the US. Batista allowed the US to build casinos, reaping the profits from the casinos and from the growing drug trade. He ignored crimes, allowing many drug dealers to continue under the condition that he got a share of the profits. He, a select group of friends, and businessmen from the US, grew richer and richer while the lower class of Cuba were poor and suffering. The people of Cuba saw this corruption and resented it, causing a gaping rift between leader and people.
He served his first term from 1940 to 1944 and his second term from 1952 to 1959. During his first term in office, he was known to be a progressive leader who was supported by Julio Antonio Mella's Communist Party. In his second term, Batista was a dictator trying to get recognition from the upper class of Cuba before he was overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution. Although the revolution came to an end on January 1, 1959, Cuba is still feeling a few repercussions of what took place in the event that would reshape the island of Cuba from what it was before the revolution. In 1921 Batista joined the army as a private.
After the loss of more than 200,000 lives, the revolt ended in failure. In 1933, Fulgencio Batista led a “sergeants” revolt” that toppled the despotic rule of Gen. Grarado Machado. It was at that time that Batista became the most powerful man in Cuba. He was elected president in 1940 and made himself chief of state with dictatorial powers. Years of corrupt government, terrorism and embezzlement made by the United States led to a revolt in 1958 under the leadership of Fidel Castro.
Since its discovery and conquering in 1511-15 Cuba has, up until its alleged liberation in 1901 by the United States of America, remained oppressed under the rule of the Spanish empire. During this period the country has made attempts to secure its freedom and it is for this reason that Cuba acts as perfect example of a significant historical protest in its fight for independence against Spanish colonisation. When attempting to further understand the motives behind Cuba’s desire for liberation we must first determine the various oppressions imposed on the nation as a whole as well as the obstacles presented before it in the form of Spain and other neighbouring countries, such as the United States of America.
By 1933, Cuba was in chaos, and US support for Machado was wavering. The ABC, a secret society of intellectuals willing to oppose Machado through terrorism and sabotage. The name ABC was not an acronym for anything but instead stood for the notion that what needed to done was basic and obvious. In addition to opposing Machado the ABC called for fundamental change in Cuban society and its economy for the furtherance of social justice. These included the elimination of large land holdings, public ownership of public services and the promotion of cooperatives. The ABC sought to prohibit the acquisition of Cuban land by American interests. However, sugar collapse of 1920 and Cubanidad needed to be re-interpreted cubanidad. The US had had notions of race and advancement in Cuba, and it was obligatory on cubanidad to help create a politically stable, culturally homogenous, and prosperous modern nation (Race and Social Warfare p. 189). Education was also a huge class division within Cuba. Black Cubans explained that the lack of education was the result of slavery and colonialism. Afro-Cubans treated schooling as sacred and campaigned to improve their education. However even an education was not sufficient for afro-Cubans to get white-collar employment, they needed social and political contacts to help them. There was a class and race fragmentation in
Che was a Latin American revolutionary who wanted to end the poverty in Latin America, and the injustice brought upon by imperialism. Born as Ernesto Guevara in Rosario, Argentina, Che lived a very comfortable life, since both of his parents were from wealthy families. He developed asthma as an infant and his condition affected him for the rest of his life. Because of his illness his mother schooled him until age nine. After high school and college Che attended and graduated from medical school but had an urge to travel. He and his friends became avid travelers when they had time off from school. One of his travels around Latin...