Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born on August 13, 1926 in Biran, Oriente province in Cuba was born. It was an illegitimate son of a Spanish soldier who fought in Cuba and made ​​the climb to the owners of the sugar cane plantations there. Castro, despite the wealth of his family as a child and young people to contact the poor. He always sought the confrontation with the authorities and even tried to persuade the workers to the plantation of his father to strike.

Politics and violence

In 1945 he began studying law in Havana. Here he began his political involvement. At the University there was a climate of violence, as rival political groups clashed with other students and terrorizing other bullies. Castro sat in front of social inequality in one of the government. In 1950 he became doctor of law and opened a law office. Now it was also a member and president of the Orthodox Party. "I wanted to compete in parliamentary elections against the then ruling party, which was considered corrupt and criminal. But before Batista was general, the old government deposed by military force. The elections were canceled, while Castro complained. The lawsuit was rejected by Castro was a clear violation of the Constitution. He explained that now have the right to resist constitutional validity.

Revolution with Che Guevara

Her July 26, 1953 an attack-minded people in a barracks of Moncada barracks. Came two colleagues and 15 soldiers dead. The act made ​​him known and famous. He was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison but was released after two years. Now he has gone abroad and fighters trained there to depose General Batista. In this design, he met Che Guevara. Together they waged a guerrilla war for two years. After some battles with the guerrillas took a turn for the 1958-1959 Santa Clara campaign, landed a decisive victory. On 1 January 1959 General Batista fled to the Dominican Republic. On January 8 Fidel Castro arrived and his forces, the Cuban capital of Havana. Castro became Prime Minister. Only in February 2008, his brother Raul, his successor, after Fidel retired for health reasons from his post. Because Castro is a socialist (explanations can be found in the articles linked at the end of text), created in Cuba, there were constant conflicts with the U.S.. In particular, the nationalization of United Fruit Company "upset the U.S.. But the expropriation of large landowners, although in part for financial compensation, the United States angry. It imposed a total economic embargo against Cuba. That led trade with Cuba has been excluded from negotiations with the U.S.

U.S. attacks

1961, only 90 days in office because he dared question President John F. Kennedy, an attack on Cuba, calling the invasion of the Bay of Pigs. With the help of U.S. intelligence agency CIA attacked the Cuban exiles to Cuba in the so-called Bay of Pigs. The invasion failed, however,Partly because of this invasion and fear of Castro's face is another attempt of invasion, which was the second serious conflict with the U.S.. Because Castro had closed, despite the initial dislike of the Soviet Union, a pact with then Russian President Khrushchev.Russian SS-4 missiles were stationed in Cuba, a few miles of the American continent. This is partly because the U.S. missiles had been stationed in Turkey. The world was just ahead of a nuclear war. After difficult negotiations and the days of terror the world powers agreed to a withdrawal of missiles.

Power due to suppression

Castro has been criticized for it, he could only maintain a system of spies and oppression for so long in power. They are accused of human rights violations. About the suppression of expression and freedom of expression, ban demonstrations, if they are not compatible with the system, including imprisonment and execution of political opponents. His daughter, Alina Fernandez, fled because of political differences of the island. She now lives in Cuba and is working for the American channel CNN.

Cuba says

On the other hand, Cuba has a system of free education and the number of people who can not read and write one, with 0.2 percent among the lowest in the world. By contrast, U.S. has an illiteracy rate of around 20 percent. According to UNESCO, Cuba is with Canada, Finland and South Korea in the most developed countries in education. Castro also sent each year hundreds of doctors around the world so that the meaning of humanitarian socialist internationalism.
31 July 2006 Castro made ​​his first official duties because of an intestinal operation to his brother Raul Castro Ruz. Observers interpreted this as an important sign, because the Castro government business was not so out of the hands and has proven particularly long hours, standing speeches of his strength and political power.
Continuous efforts were made, Castro had a series of bombings of Cuban exiles and the CIA, to pull it with bombs or poison the market. But the hard "Maximum Leader" survived them all. Since February 2008 his 77-year-old brother Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz, Cuba's government and head of state. The country has big problems, as has long been almost no financial support, the economy is out of date, lack of resources to the high level of education and health support. Many people are unhappy. Because doctors do not earn enough to live on their salaries, they prefer waiter. For each job that has to do with tourism increasing gradually brings more money and science studies. Due to the continued embargo on the country lacks raw materials, metal, paper, or gasoline.
Now many Cubans hope Barak Obama and that through it, blurring the strong among the U.S. and Cuba will be. It will be interesting, 50 years after the revolution!