How did the cold war contribute fidel castro's rise to power?

Question: How did the cold war contribute fidel castro's rise to power!?
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Extreme nationalism led to revolts, which led to a take over by a communist dictator!. then the USSR funded Castro because he was communist and they wanted communism to spread throughout the world!. So the soviets sent castro money and weapons because they did not want other nations to stop the communist take over, mainly the USAWww@QuestionHome@Com