The Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista Regime

I. Introduction

"The imperialists cannot forgive us to have carried out a socialist revolution under the very noses of the Yankees"(BBC). In this way on January 1st, 1959 then leader of the 26th of July Movement, Fidel Castro led thousands of guerilla fighters and ordinary citizens of Cuba to overthrow the Fulgencio Batista dictatorship. Fighting the regime of Batista on both urban and rural fronts, the Movement was able to successfully integrate into power in Cuba. The Revolutionary government in its early days was supported by the whole Cuban elite, but the changes brought by the Castro-led government into the economic and social sector diminished the support from the Catholic Church, a faction of the American establishment, and the Latin American governments. Cuban Revolution from its beginning showed signs of communism in the policies and laws written (Keller). The guerrilla fighters in the Sierra Maestro Mountains

Although American lawmakers did not exactly endorse the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, he was seen as a stable support in the Caribbean (Gellman). Moreover, he had favored American businesses and interest in Cuba, allowing President Eisenhower to aid him in the fight against Fidel Castro’s rebel army. The Cuban Revolution slowly gained the support of the Cuban people as they were tyrannized by the regime of Batista. The many rebel groups joined in together to make the Revolution a success and brought many Cuban citizens to the street to protest and actively fight against the Batista regime. With Batista ousted and exiled from Cuba, the Cuban revolution brought communism to U.S. doorsteps and proved to be an imminent threat for the rest of the Cold War. Until today, the strained relationship between Cuba and USA seems to persist on a level much deeper and has polarized the region for more than five decades (PBS). However, the relationship between U.S. and Cuba is much healthier than the one before the fall of Soviet Union with