Revolutions are directed at change whether it is economic change, technological change, political change, or social change and usually start when society has failed or no longer served their purpose in their position. This is such case that started the Cuban Revolution. People are forced to a point of revolution as they think non-armed movements are inefficient. Not only does revolutions reach one goal but rather many goals measured based on the impact it leaves and the applications and implications it has for the future. Revolutions overthrow the established order as revolutions make people noticeable, no longer suffering in the dark, unnoticed by many people . Revolutions were particularly important and necessary for future learning.
Latin American history underwent a significant change with the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro led a group of rebels in the beginning, and it culminated in the overthrow of the Fulgencio Batista government in 1959. There were many reasons to why the revolution occurred. The main ones include political, economic, and social factors, such as extreme poverty, inequality, and foreign powers’ exploitation of Cuba’s resources (mostly the U.S.) and the difference between the upper classes of Cuba and the lower classes. Batista’s regime, which persecuted numerous opposition groups and refused to grant citizens their justifiable freedom of speech, was a significant catalyst as well. Castro and the revolutionaries aimed to establish a society that was more just and egalitarian. This leads to the big, debatable question: Did the revolution benefit Cuba or did it cause it even more harm?
Now Castro consisted of the good, the bad, and the ugly (like most other revolutionaries) many people loved him for his changes made to Cuba and could never forget about his “El Comandante” But we could never forget the legacy Castro left on Cuba. Repression now takes new forms in today’s Cuba. As now people are watched more closely and about their opinions.
Watch our “Cuban Revolution in Plain English Video” to learn about the Cuban Revolution and decide if you think the revolution benefited Cuba. Even though Castro changed human rights we can never forget the shadow that it casted over today’s Cuba
Cuban Revolution in plain english
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