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Fide Castro, Fidel Castro Ruz - Life, Legacy And Facts
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on August 31, 1926 on the Caribbean island of Cuba, a Spanish speaking country with an estimated population of 11.3 million citizens. He eventually became the greatest Marxist revolutionary leader of Cuba as he led the small island into the global community where it has affected international decisions and played a significant role in the world’s history over the past four decades.
As a young boy Fidel worked in his family's sugar cane fields and, at the age of 6, convinced his parents to let him go to school. He was intelligent and willing to learn, but he had inherited his father’s temperament which consisted of extreme violence and unpredictable tantrums. After attending two Jesuit institutions and a preparatory school in Havana where he was declared the school’s best athlete, he attended the University of Havana's Faculty of Law in 1945. There he earned a law degree, which was soon put to use when he went into practice in Havana in 1950. As a lawyer Fidel devoted himself to helping the poor. During this period Fidel also married Mirtha Díaz Balart on October 12, 1948 in a Roman Catholic ceremony, but their marriage did not last, most likely because she was inadvertently involved with the Batista regime.
The political career of Fidel Castro began when he initiated a revolution against President Fulgencio Batista on July 26, 1953 after being rejected the opportunity to campaign for a parliamentary seat in the election of 1952. After the uprising, Fidel was sentenced to thirty years in jail for his violent actions against the President, and this day is commemorated today as a national holiday in Cuba. On the 15th of May 1955 he was released due to a general amnesty. He attempted to fight the political and military regime using fair, peaceful means at first, but then later he organized a resistance fighting force in Mexico which he named the 26th of July Revolutionary Movement. From the 2nd of December, when his first attack took place, to New Year’s Day of 1959, his movement grew to a force of 800 men as it scored victory after victory. A defeated Batista was forced to flee the country, and a victorious Castro entered Havana, laying the foundation for a new government which was recognized by the United States on January 7, 1959.
Popular support from the people was Fidel Castro’s greatest advantage against the attempt by the United States on the 17th of April 1961 to destabilize Castro’s government. The C.I.A. and the 1300 men it had prepared invaded Cuba through the Bay of Pigs, but the invasion failed when the general population did not rise against Fidel Castro as hoped. After the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, in which the United States government discovered the Soviet Union’s missile preparations in Cuba, Cuba’s economy suffered a decline because of a naval blockade ordered by U.S. President Kennedy. As a result of the blockade, Cuba became increasingly dependent on the U.S.S.R. Castro also implemented reforms such as the nationalization of industry and property. An anti-Castro community created in the U.S. by Cuban middle-class members and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990 brought much hardship to Cuba. Another disappointment before that time was the capture of “Che” Guevara in Bolivia in 1967, for it extinguished Castro’s dream of extending the revolution throughout Latin American. Many more amazing and interesting facts about Fidel Castro could be found in our recent release of The World's Biggest Fidel Castro FACTS Collection at http://www.FidelCastroFacts.com Castro was listed at the top in the "Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders,” an act that represented new U.S rules for assassination as an instrument of foreign policy. Johnny Roselli was contacted by the C.I.A in 1960 to help “return the good old days to Cuba.” Rumors declare that the C.I.A used cigars contaminated with heavy toxins such as botulinum, along with explosive sea shells, a poisoned scuba diving suit, and a gang style drive-by shooting in their attempts to assassinate the Cuban leader. A few historians claim Kennedy created an obsession with the assassination of Castro, and that with the help of the C.I.A, he managed to recruit a man close to Castro named Rolando Cubela, known as Amlash, to do the job. After this attempt was abandoned, Kennedy seems to have arranged secret negotiations for peace with Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro has recently started to have health problems as a result of his old age and several past operations. Doctors have worked especially diligently to diminish problems with his digestive system. According to Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, a Spanish doctor, Castro can return to normal activities if he makes a full recovery. There are rumors that Castro is dead, but Cuban officials strictly deny this. In fact, according to doctors who have been treating Castro, his health is improving.
Castro is now in his 80’s, and many Cuba people fear the changes that will come after his death. Cuba does not hold open elections, and Castro has appointed his brother to be his successor. Of all the things Castro has given Cuba over these years, he will be most remembered for giving it hope, freedom, and dignity. Regardless of the world view on Castro, he will go down in the history books as the first leader of a Communist State in the Western Hemisphere as well the the leader who held the power longer than anyone else.
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on August 31, 1926 on the Caribbean island of Cuba, a Spanish speaking country with an estimated population of 11.3 million citizens. He eventually became the greatest Marxist revolutionary leader of Cuba as he led the small island into the global community where it has affected international decisions and played a significant role in the world’s history over the past four decades.
As a young boy Fidel worked in his family's sugar cane fields and, at the age of 6, convinced his parents to let him go to school. He was intelligent and willing to learn, but he had inherited his father’s temperament which consisted of extreme violence and unpredictable tantrums. After attending two Jesuit institutions and a preparatory school in Havana where he was declared the school’s best athlete, he attended the University of Havana's Faculty of Law in 1945. There he earned a law degree, which was soon put to use when he went into practice in Havana in 1950. As a lawyer Fidel devoted himself to helping the poor. During this period Fidel also married Mirtha Díaz Balart on October 12, 1948 in a Roman Catholic ceremony, but their marriage did not last, most likely because she was inadvertently involved with the Batista regime.
The political career of Fidel Castro began when he initiated a revolution against President Fulgencio Batista on July 26, 1953 after being rejected the opportunity to campaign for a parliamentary seat in the election of 1952. After the uprising, Fidel was sentenced to thirty years in jail for his violent actions against the President, and this day is commemorated today as a national holiday in Cuba. On the 15th of May 1955 he was released due to a general amnesty. He attempted to fight the political and military regime using fair, peaceful means at first, but then later he organized a resistance fighting force in Mexico which he named the 26th of July Revolutionary Movement. From the 2nd of December, when his first attack took place, to New Year’s Day of 1959, his movement grew to a force of 800 men as it scored victory after victory. A defeated Batista was forced to flee the country, and a victorious Castro entered Havana, laying the foundation for a new government which was recognized by the United States on January 7, 1959.
Popular support from the people was Fidel Castro’s greatest advantage against the attempt by the United States on the 17th of April 1961 to destabilize Castro’s government. The C.I.A. and the 1300 men it had prepared invaded Cuba through the Bay of Pigs, but the invasion failed when the general population did not rise against Fidel Castro as hoped. After the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, in which the United States government discovered the Soviet Union’s missile preparations in Cuba, Cuba’s economy suffered a decline because of a naval blockade ordered by U.S. President Kennedy. As a result of the blockade, Cuba became increasingly dependent on the U.S.S.R. Castro also implemented reforms such as the nationalization of industry and property. An anti-Castro community created in the U.S. by Cuban middle-class members and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990 brought much hardship to Cuba. Another disappointment before that time was the capture of “Che” Guevara in Bolivia in 1967, for it extinguished Castro’s dream of extending the revolution throughout Latin American. Many more amazing and interesting facts about Fidel Castro could be found in our recent release of The World's Biggest Fidel Castro FACTS Collection at http://www.FidelCastroFacts.com Castro was listed at the top in the "Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders,” an act that represented new U.S rules for assassination as an instrument of foreign policy. Johnny Roselli was contacted by the C.I.A in 1960 to help “return the good old days to Cuba.” Rumors declare that the C.I.A used cigars contaminated with heavy toxins such as botulinum, along with explosive sea shells, a poisoned scuba diving suit, and a gang style drive-by shooting in their attempts to assassinate the Cuban leader. A few historians claim Kennedy created an obsession with the assassination of Castro, and that with the help of the C.I.A, he managed to recruit a man close to Castro named Rolando Cubela, known as Amlash, to do the job. After this attempt was abandoned, Kennedy seems to have arranged secret negotiations for peace with Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro has recently started to have health problems as a result of his old age and several past operations. Doctors have worked especially diligently to diminish problems with his digestive system. According to Dr. Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, a Spanish doctor, Castro can return to normal activities if he makes a full recovery. There are rumors that Castro is dead, but Cuban officials strictly deny this. In fact, according to doctors who have been treating Castro, his health is improving.
Castro is now in his 80’s, and many Cuba people fear the changes that will come after his death. Cuba does not hold open elections, and Castro has appointed his brother to be his successor. Of all the things Castro has given Cuba over these years, he will be most remembered for giving it hope, freedom, and dignity. Regardless of the world view on Castro, he will go down in the history books as the first leader of a Communist State in the Western Hemisphere as well the the leader who held the power longer than anyone else.
About The Author: Published by the People and FACTS Magazine - The World's Biggest Fidel Castro FACTS Collection available only at http://www.FidelCastroFacts.com
Intimate, Secretive, Shocking, Amazing, Interesting, Unique and constantly updating collection of little known facts about the life of Fidel Castro.
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