How did Fidel Castro gain control of Cuba?

Castro was the dictator of Cuba after the Cuban revolution and he maintained power for over 60 years.

During the cold war Castro allowed Kruschev to build nuclear missiles in Cuba to gain strategic advantage over the US

After his brother Fidel Castro resigned and gave him leadership

The dictator of Cuba from 1952 to 1959 was Fulgencio Batista (1901-1973), a former president from 1933 to 1944. With the backing of the US, Batista controlled much of the island's politics. Castro managed to gain popular support, as well as crucial military support from the USSR, in his establishment of a communist government on the island.

The United States has never gained control of Cuba. Cuba is a separate country.

Fidel was a lawyer. In 1952 Fidel Castro became a candidate for Congress for the Cuban People's Party and he was the favorite for the next election. But General Fulgencio Batista, with the support of the armed forces, took control of the country. Castro with 123 men and women attacked the Moncada Army Barracks. He was arrested was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. He was released after two years. Castro left for Mexico where he began to plan another attempt to overthrow the Cuban government. After building up a stock of guns and ammunition, Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida, and eighty other rebels arrived in Cuba in 1956. This group became known as the July 26 Movement and they made their base in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. As the history shows he did not used the military but instead he used revolutionaries.

Fidel was a lawyer. In 1952 Fidel Castro became a candidate for Congress for the Cuban People's Party and he was the favorite for the next election. But General Fulgencio Batista, with the support of the armed forces, took control of the country. Castro with 123 men and women attacked the Moncada Army Barracks. He was arrested was sentenced to fifteen years in prison. He was released after two years. Castro left for Mexico where he began to plan another attempt to overthrow the Cuban government. After building up a stock of guns and ammunition, Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida, and eighty other rebels arrived in Cuba in 1956. This group became known as the July 26 Movement and they made their base in the Sierra Maestra Mountains. As the history shows he did not used the military but instead he used revolutionaries. He came in power on the 1th of January 1959.

Because America does not own Cuba...

It fought a War with Spain.

Its sugar business was worth millions of dollars

it's sugar business was worth a lot of money

To avoid war between the Soviet Union & the United States. The Soviet Union also realized the mistake of putting its nuclear weapons in Cuba where Castro could gain control of them. Castro's communist Cuba would have had the potential to start a world-wide nuclear war, even if the Soviet Union didn't want it. Also the Soviet Union was building submarines that could launch nuclear weapons against the United States, so the weapons in Cuba would not be as important as before.

it affected Cuba in both good and bad ways. The good: education free, free medicine. The bad: people gain very little money, Cubans are still very poor and many try to go to America for a chance at a better life.

cuba gained there independence in 1912

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United States attempted to outdo one another in terms of weapons and technology to gain an edge over the opposing superpower. Following the Bay of Pigs, Fidel Castro felt insecure in his control of Cuba, asking fellow Communist ally Nikita Krushchev for aid, taking the form of nuclear arms. Though the U.S. had nuclear missiles in the Middle East placed to attack the USSR, a similar situation with the USSR controlling missiles placed to attack the U.S. from Cuba was deemed an unacceptable threat to national security. - Katherine k

Cuba caused problems in the US since Castro was brought to power in 1959, in the revolution. Castro forced all US businesses and investments to leave Cuba. In retaliation, the USA refused to buy cubas main export; sugar. This was in the middle of the cold war, so the Soviet Union saw a way to gain influence in the carribean. The Soviet Union quickly offered to buy Cuban sugar and also provide machinery, oil and technological assistance to Cuba. Cuba agreed. Castro was now linked with the Soviet Union and he professed that his political views were towards communism. As a result of the Soviet involvment in Cuba, the USA broke off relations with Cuba in January 1961. Shortly after this, Cuba declared itself communist. This worried the USA, because communism was now closer to home then ever. This all then lead to the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban Missile Crisis.

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Cuba declared its independence from Spain in 1898. during the fighting, the US entered the war in what became the Spanish-American War. As a result of that war, the US held control of Cuba until May 20th, 1902, when Cuban independence was formally recognized..

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After the Spanish-American war

you can gain control in a dictatorship by becoming president

Cuba gained its independence from Spain.

No women can't vote in Cuba because they are too busy cleaning.

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