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Question: Why did Fidel Castro take over Cuba!?!?!?
I have a major final exam for history tomorrow morning!.!.!. I need to write two essays in 90 minutes, one of them is the topic question "How and why did Fidel Castro rise to power in 1959!?" I've already spent about 4 hours gathering a lot of information of how he took over cuba!.!.!. now I need to know why, what reasons did he take over cuba!?!? I'm really a very lazy person and I really hope someone could help me out a little with this part pleasee i dont need too much information on WHY he wanted to, I just need enough to make a thesis statement!.!.!. and I'm sooo bad at making thesis statements so if you guys want could you help me with the thesis statement too o_o!.!.!. sorry for asking so much but you have no idea how badly me and work get along, like we don't match at alll i barely ever do real work -!.- please helppWww@QuestionHome@Com
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He wanted the power, and he knew the previous government was crumbling under it's own corruption!. So he felt he could win!. It was not a people's revolt, he was after the power for himself!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
he wanted change for Cuba!. He did not like the way Batista handled his business!. He believed in Revolution and he opposed the imperialism of America!. Perhaps the communism he installed for Cuba was part of his plan, but in the beginning he wanted free Cuba!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Because it was a corrupt society with a few rich people who were accomplices of the American Mafia and most of the people were very poor!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
The starting point of the Cuban Revolution is generally accepted to be July 26, 1953, the date on which a group of about one hundred poorly armed guerrillas attacked the Moncada Barracks!.[1] Many of them were killed in the battles after the attack or tortured, as was Abel Santamaria!. The survivors, among them Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl Castro Ruz, were captured shortly afterwards!. In a highly political trial, Fidel Castro spoke for nearly four hours in his defense, ending with the words; "Condemn me, it does not matter!. History will absolve me!." Fidel Castro was sentenced 15 years in the presidio modelo prison, located on Isla de Pinos; Raúl was sentenced to 13 years!.
In 1955, due to pressure from civil leaders, the general opposition, and the Jesuits who had helped educate Fidel Castro, and perhaps because he had known the Castro brothers in their youth, Batista freed all political prisoners, including the Moncada attackers!. The Castro brothers went into exile in Mexico, where they gathered more exiled Cubans to fight in the Cuban revolution for the overthrow of Batista!. During that period, Castro also met Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who joined their forces!. They were trained by Alberto Bayo, a former military leader of the failed "loyalists" in the Spanish Civil War!.
The group trained in Mexico under the leadership of Fidel Castro and returned to Cuba in November 1956, on a small yacht named Granma!. They hoped their landing in Eastern Cuba would coincide with planned uprisings in the cities and a general strike, coordinated by the llano wing of the 26th of July Movement!. It was their intention to launch an armed offensive and swiftly topple the Batista government!.Www@QuestionHome@Com