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Fidel Castro

By ClaytonMinnich

  • Fidel Castro's Birth

    Fidel Castro's Birth
    Born, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz on August 13, 1926 near Biran, Cuba. Was a migrant to cuba from Galicia Northwest Spain. And son of a wealthy farmer

  • Castro's Plan

    Castro's Plan
    June 1947, Castro learned of a planned expedition to invade the Dominican Republic. to overthrow the right-wing military. Junta of Rafael Trujillo, a U.S. ally.

  • Castro's plan put into effect

    Castro's plan put into effect
    That mission involved 1,200 troops. Mainly Cubans and exiled Dominicans. They intended to sail Cuba in July 1947. Known as tthe Attack on Mancoda.

  • Castros Partnership

    Castros Partnership
    Castro co-founded, a legal partnership that primarily catered and cared for poor Cubans. Helping out the Cubans with very to no material goods. So Castro failed to pay his bills, His furniture was repossessed and his electricity was shut off.

  • Castro Prisoned

    Castro Prisoned
    While Castro was imprisoned with 25 comrades. He renamed his group to the “26th of July Movement”. In memory of the Moncada attack dates. And formed a school for prisoners.

  • Castro's Movement group

    Castro's Movement group
    Then Castro formed a group called “The Movement”. Which operated along a clandestine cell system. Publishing underground newspaper El Acusador or The Accuser. He armed and trained anti-Batista recruits.

  • Castro comes to the U.S,

    Castro comes to the U.S,
    February 16 1959. Castro was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Cuba.
    In April he visited the US on a charm offensive where he met the Vice president Richard Nixon who he immediately disliked.

  • Castro May Be Under Attack

    Castro May Be Under Attack
    March 1960. US President Eisenhower authorized the CIA to overthrow Castro's government. He provided them with a budget of $13 million and permitted them to ally with the Mafia, who were aggrieved that Castro's government closed down their businesses in Cuba.

  • Castro Goes To The General Assembly Of The United Nations

    Castro Goes To The General Assembly Of The United Nations
    In September 1960, Castro flew to New York City for the General Assembly of the United Nations. Staying at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem, he met with journalists and anti-establishment figures like Malcolm X. He also met Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, with the two publicly condemning the poverty and racism faced by Americans in areas like Harlem.

  • Castro's Country endangered

    Castro's Country endangered
    Back in Cuba, Castro feared a U.S.-backed coup; in 1959 his regime spent $120 million on Soviet, French, and Belgian weaponry and by early 1960 had doubled the size of Cuba's armed forces. Fearing counter-revolutionary elements in the army, the government created a People's Militia to arm citizens favorable to the revolution, training at least 50,000 civilians in combat techniques.