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At the beginning of Batista’s surge of power, he had a group of 7 puppet presidents that he controlled. They ran the country for him and they could only enact measures approved by Batista and the US
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US intervened in Cuba to help Batista oust Grau. Once Cuban politics returned to normal, US had no trouble agreeing to abrogate the amendment. The US naval base in Guantanamo was not affected.
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At the beginning of Batista’s power, he ran the country through a series of puppet presidents. However in 1940 Batista was elected president and ruled directly for the first time.
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The attacks on Moncada barracks was Castro’s first attack on the Batista government. This resulted in police killing and attacking suspects. Fidel and Raul Castro were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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Castro’s first manifesto was the Manifesto of the Revolutionaries of Moncada to the Nation. It indicated the kind of revolution he had in mind--independence from foreign control, social justice, and restoration of the 1940 constitution.
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After getting arrested from the attack on Moncada barracks, Fidel and his brother were put on trial. At the trial, Fidel gave his history will absolve me speech. This became a sacred text of the revolution
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Once out of jail, Castro and his 26 July group organized the revolution in Mexico. After almost a year in Mexico, Castro brought the group back to Cuba on the Granma
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As Castro’s movement began to pick up speed, the communist PSP gave its support to Castro. The movement began to discuss plans for revolutionary general strike in the cities.
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The Office of Revolutionary Plans Coordination was a committee of Castro’s closest advisors. It created a dual power system between the cabinet and ORPC.
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Cuba was a relatively undeveloped country during this time period. The majority of the population was living without basic necessities such as running water.
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This speech was a campaign against racial discrimination. In response, the government repealed pre-1959 laws that allowed or enforced racial discrimination.
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Cuba had experienced numerous economic downturns as well as political instability which caused many of its citizens to flee the country.
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This act expropriated 40% of Cuban farmland and divided it into individual plots for landless plantation workers and small farmers. The US viewed it as a clear leaning to Communism.
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With the US increasing economic embargo, Cuba was forced to go to the Soviet Union for help. Castro asked for help from the Soviets and in response Khrushchev approved the temporary purchase of Cuban sugar in exchange for Soviet fuel.
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Castro nationalized all public utilities and US owned business in an attempt to further themselves from the US and decrease independence. Very similar to ISI in Brazil, as the goal was to make the country less dependent and have a stronger economy.
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Eisenhower closed the US embassy in Havana as a statement of the US’s resentment towards the Castro regime. Not wanting to support communism, the US severed all relations to Cuba
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The US CIA planned to destroy Castro’s air force in an attempt to restrict Cuban military. Castro found out about the raid, and moved his planes out of harm’s way. The invasion was a disaster for the US.
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Due to a lack of schools and teachers, literacy in Cuba was extremely low. The campaign constructed new schools and gave teachers better work wages and benefits in order to increase the literacy rate.
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As Castro’s revolution continued, US began reducing its support for Batista’s dictatorship. They placed an arms embargo on both sides which weakened Batista’s hold over his military and civilian supporters and made resistance to Castro’s forces more difficult.
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Once Escalante was accused of packing the party with his own relatives, Castro launched the attack. Castro was fighting against this corrupt behavior during the rebellion, so it was unacceptable for an ally to do that as well.
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13-day political and military standoff between the US and Soviet Union over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba. US threatened to enact a naval blockade around Cuba and was prepared to use military force if necessary to prevent nuclear war.
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In an effort to keep their relations strong Khrushchev invited Castro to his country for a 40 day trip. They made treaties promising their allyship.
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Cuba had agreed to provide the Soviet Union with sugar, however, the 1968 harvest fell short of what they needed. To keep up relations between Cuba and Russia, Castro created a plan to increase the country’s yield in the coming years.
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This code changed the way households were run. This obliged husbands to 50% of all family chores, along with other household changes.
