Cuba and the Cold War
- Created by: Beth Ismay
- Created on: 05-03-15 22:56
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- Cuba
- In
1959 Castro took power from Batista
- Castro inherited significant urban and rural divides and division between mulatto and Afro-Cubans and the white elite
- Foreign investors controlled the economy and owned about 75% of the farmland, 90% of the essential services and 40% of the sugar production
- On
July 26th 1953, at the age of 26, he led a group of 165 students in
an attack on the Moncada military barracks near Santiago
- His trial brought him to the attention of the public. His speech ‘history will absolve me’ was published and he became a national hero
- Castro
returned on Dec 2 1956 with 81 people
- They
landed in daylight and were attacked by the air force. Most of the rebels were killed. 12 regrouped in the Sierra Maestra Mountains
- They
took reporter Herbert Matthews with them.
He wrote a series of articles which described a noble band of freedom
fighters who were enduring hardships to fight oppression. This won them support in the US
- In 1958 the rebels launched a three pronged assault that effectively cut the island in half. The US refused to help Batista and had fled on 1 Jan 1959
- They
took reporter Herbert Matthews with them.
He wrote a series of articles which described a noble band of freedom
fighters who were enduring hardships to fight oppression. This won them support in the US
- They
landed in daylight and were attacked by the air force. Most of the rebels were killed. 12 regrouped in the Sierra Maestra Mountains
- Sugar
- In
1959, sugar still accounted for 4/5 of Cuba’s export earnings
- There were great disparities and rural workers earned only about ¼ of the average annual income
- By the end of the 1950s, Cuba was one of the leading economies in Latin America with an annual income of $353 per capita in 1958
- In
1959, sugar still accounted for 4/5 of Cuba’s export earnings
- Castro took
over the US owned telephone company. He ordered the forced sale of vacant urban
lots and slashed urban rents by 50%
- Concentrated on national sovereignty, full employment, equal treatment of all citizens regardless of race or gender, education, healthcare
- In
1959 Castro took power from Batista
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