He claims he was a "destined to become a guerrilla fighter since the day he was born." ... 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. ... In 1951 he began campaigning to become a congressman when a local senator, Senator Chibas, shot himself and died. ... During this period of time he met Celia Sanchez, who helped him with public relations and helped him to obtain fun...

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• Grade Level: High School

July 26, 1953, which will would soon turn out to be the most important day for the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro were about to commence. ... (Castro Internet Archive) The power of these words would not be known until many years later, although Fidel knew that even if he was put in jail he would soon be free and the effects of his words would eventually be known by all Cuban people for many years to come. ... Castro knew that he could not overpower the United Sates by himself so he asked his fellow communist country for help. ... The Bay of Pigs invasion combined with the Cuban Missile Cri...

• Word Count: 1932
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• Grade Level: High School

With the large amounts of people in this country one would think that the growth rate would be increasing, but the contrary is happening. ... This means that there are about 1089 Cuban babies born each year and of those about 517 die. ... In 1961, Cuba formed an alliance with the Soviet Union (present day Russia). ... To start off there was no entry allowed by United States citizens to Cuba. They could go but with permission and there would be many processes involved. ...

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• Grade Level: High School