How Did Fidel Castro Impact On Society

Fidel Castro The CIA tried to assassinate Fidel Castro six hundred and thirty-eight times, but failed every time (“Fidel Castro” History.com). Fidel Castro was born in 1926 and grew up in a small town on the outskirts of Cuba. Many years later Castro would overthrow Cuba’s old dictator Batista in 1959. Castro then ruled Cuba for five decades, and over this time Castro improved Cuba in many ways. But with all the good he did, Castro also had a bad side. Fidel Castro, a controversial figure, made an impact on society by making Cuba a safe place to live, and turning Cuba into a functioning society. With these impacts, Castro had bad relations with the United States and was controlling over Cuba’s citizens. Over the five decades that Castro served as Cuba’s leader, Castro made Cuba a safe place to live in for all the

Castro abolished labor strikes, killed opposition, and was not afraid to have a mass kiiling of anybody who disagrred.(“Fidel Castro”-Biography.com). The Biography.com staff describes Castro’s controlling personality as “But at the same time, civil liberties were whitted away, as labor unions lost the right to strike, independent newspapers were shut down and religious institutions were harassed. Castro removed opposition to his rule though executions and imprisonments, as well as through forced emigration. Though there was no exact numbers, the Archive estimates that tens of thousands were murdered, with a documented 5,600 killed by firing squad alone”. To add to Castro’s controlling personality, he also made sure that everybody thought he was great and was always right. If anybody opposed him they would have been one of the 5,600 killed from firing squad. Castro did not like independent newspapers because Castro did not want anybody to think he was a bad leader. For all the good Castro did, he did a lot of bad things to Cuba’s