The Cuban Revolution in plain English by Josh & Emily

In a political revolution such as this one, the primary focus is on the the individual desire of a being and their willingness to change society. For example, Fidel Castro Ruz was born into a wealthy family but oversaw the suffering of others who were living in poverty and helpless against the corrupt government under Fulgencio Batista. He knew that there was something humanly incorrect and had the audacity to try and change it. In most cases, there is an obvious inequality present in the population, however, the oppressed fraction of the population never mentions the problem in fear that they will suffer consequences set by the ruling fraction. The ones who are unafraid of the consequences though aware of them are the true leaders of the revolution. Leaders such as Fidel Castro are a representation of the people’s desires to correct society and are supported by the people, for the people. Just like how John F. Kennedy claimed that “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable,” a violent revolution will always occur if a corrupt ruler deems peaceful protests negligible. For instance, dictator Fulgencio Batista murdered over 20,000 cubans in 7 years through involving the police force in peaceful street protests and executing rebels without a trial. The citizens couldn’t bear these things any longer and a violent revolution occured.

Summary: The Cuban revolution was one of the revolutions that greatly affected the world, in fact it was the closest the world had ever gotten to nuclear war. Starting from a coup in which a cruel dictator seized power from the government, the citizens of cuba were devastated by police enforcement and famine. Cuba was a nation where tourism and production was for satisfying the foreign population in the country rather than the citizens. Due to these factors, the dictator, Fulgencio Batista must cease to exist in the country. Therefore, the revolution occured. Young revolutionary Fidel Castro and his companions who disliked the current state of Cuba decided to rebel against the government by forming a rebel group known as the M-26-7, named after their first mission where they failed to fulfill their goals. After being captured on their first attempt to overthrow the dictator, they were released through an amnesty from Batista himself because of the number of protests that begged this to be done. Exiled to Mexico, Castro and some rebels meet fellow revolutionaries such as Ernesto Ché Guevara. Once prepared, the rebels would go on a dangerous mission across the Caribbean to Cuba, where harsh conditions and the Cuban military would awaited.