To an average American, all that goes on in Cuba and the Castro government is what we hear from the news. ... Fidel Castro charmed all of Cuba. ... In 1965, Cuba put in place forced labor camps for homosexuals, and other citizens that were viewed as deviants to the government. ... The government officials would conduct witch-hunts for prominent art figures in Cuba that were homosexuals or counterrevolutionary. Anything that was diverse from the Castro government was put to an end. ...

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The causes of the Cuban Revolution itself are thought to be because of the puppet government put in place by the U.S. headed by a corrupt General Fulgencio Batista. ... With this event the weakness in Cuba's political structure was revealed to the Fidel and he knew that someone must take political and physical action against the new government. ... With these circumstances, Cubans showed more hatred to their government and soon began to be rebellious. ... Castro was always plotting against Batista's government. ... Traditionally, in a nation as oppressed as Cuba had been, citizens te...

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There are document reports that exist of Cuban troops in cahoots with the Ethiopian government denying food to starving Ethiopians because of their political ideology. ... The government has continued restricting the ability of foreign media to operate in Cuba. ... All wages are also set by the government. ... Citizens cannot change jobs or residence without government permission. ... All international trade is negotiated and carried out, directly by the government. ...

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Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution After Fulgencio Batista and Zaldivar seized control of the Cuban government in 1952, Fidel Castro became a leader of an underground anti-government fraction. ... He was a good orator, leading millions of Cuban youth to believe in the new government reform. ... Castro's communist regime government did introduce the much needed health call, and education during its first four decades. ... (Quirk 254-255) The government would not allow independent student government. ... (Academic American Encyclopedia 192) Fran...

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He called himself a "Marxist-Leftist" and ruled over Cuba with an iron fist. ... Cubans were fleeing to the Miami coast as quickly as they could. ... But is it really as bad as our government makes it out to be? ... However, to the person growing up in a third world country, or an eastern civilization, Communism might be more attractive than their present form of government, if one exists at all. ... He sent the 1,500 invaders to Cuba; most of them were captured. ...

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The United States government feared that the unrest would eventually lead to a communist takeover, so they discretely established contact with Batista to help him run Cuba during the presidency of five different presidents, until they felt he was ready to be president. ... So many people hated Batista that Cuba became unified against him and Fidel became the leader of the resistance to Batista's government. ... While still in prison, Fidel found out that his wife was working for Batista's government and was demanding a divorce. ... Fidel immediately began leading the revolution ag...

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The Bay of Pigs invasion was organized by the CIA and was intended to overthrow Castro, whose Communist government, in Cuba, lay just 90 miles from the Florida coast. ... The attempt on the invasion of Cuba was a total failure . ... The Cuban government later released the captured exiles after a ransom was paid. ... In reality we have to look no further than the American government. ... American destroyers hovered near the Cuban coast, as crewmen painted over the vessels name, so the Cubans wouldn't recognize them. ...

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Simply a revolution can be defined as the over throw of government and its replacement with another. ... "To most Cubans Fidel Castro was a national hero; they rallied around him as he promised to improve their living conditions." ... Another example would be the 1,500 Cuban exiles who came to Cuba to over throw Fidel Castro. ... The most known military action came when Fidel Castro made a deal with the Soviet leader to install a nuclear missal in Cuba. ... Revolution eventually changed Cuba and Haiti into a militarized state. ...

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