A young Cuban child holds his Fathers hand as he walks down the busy streets of Havana. Completely mesmorized by the people and sounds. Little did he know, that the events that would happen later this very day on this very street, would ignite a fiery flame in Cuba from within, catipulting him down a cliff of revolution and revenge that would forever change the history of Cuba.

     The Cuban revolution was a period of bloody conflicts between the people of Cuba and the government which took place in the 1950s. Although many see revolutions as a whole as unneccesary, bloody, and pointless battles that only lead to more deaths, the Cuban revolution actually led to several  significent and good changes in Cuba such as politics, economics, which still impact Cuba today. The Cuban revolution started on March 10th, 1952, where the former president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, led the Cuban Constitutional Army into staging a Coup d’etat, killing many in the process as well as overthrowing the government and becoming dictator of Cuba. What followed next was 7 long years of corruption and the brutal oppression of the lower class, where almost 20,000 Cubans were killed by the hands of Batista. However, these 7, long years also ignited the flame of revolution inside Cuba. Following Batista’s escape to the US and the Rebel victory in Havana, a man named Fidel Castro was installed into power. Unlike Batista, Fidel Castro instead used his power to try and rebuild Cuba from the ashes of what Batista has left it as. He began turning Cuba into a socialist state, starting with the redistributed land to the peasants, then reformed Cuban healthcare and education systems, emphasized womans rights, promoted gender equality, etc. However, although he made several great reforms, he also soured relations with many countries, such as the USA, which led to an invasion in which Fidel Castro quickly repelled. Although he made several mistakes which threatened Cubas into war with the USA, many of the reforms that he made are still exists Cuba today, showing us just how significent those reforms are.