This is my fictional journal that features the first person perspective of a hardcore revolutionary that worked alongside Che Guevara and Fidel Castro. It goes over the events of the Cuban revolution from Batista’s 1952 coup to Castro’s takeover of Cuba in 1959 along with a bit of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion towards the end. Many things changed in Cuba, such as Cubas change into a socialist government along with changes that would universalize education and healthcare; making Cuba one of the few countries to have a literacy rate of over 96%. This change in government would prompt the US to embargo Cuba, the infamous Cuban missile crisis was a byproduct of the tensions between democracy and communism. More or less a struggle between the two global superpowers at the time of the Cold War, the US and USSR. Yet no different from Batista, Castro’s attempts to equalize everything caused much bloodshed and innocent lives. Communism has never worked properly because people will eventually give into power and abuse it. While Castro did not really, many living in Cuba at the time questioned the new system and the revoking of individuality. Many would flee Cuba to the US as a result of Castro’s reign.

Anyways, have fun reading the diary of Ian Vera, I hope you enjoy 🙂