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Rafael Trujillo was born
HIs full name was Rafael Leonidas Trujillo and was born in San Cristobal into a middle class family. Also he was raised with 10 siblings. -
(rafael trujillo) (no exact date) near end of 1916, he took a weigher position on a sugar plantation.
This even showed his leadership qualities, ThenTrujillo was later promoted to private policeman on the plantation. -
(trujillo) (shows his worth) In 1924
He was made second-in-command of the guard and in June of 1925, he was promoted to commander-in-chief. After he was offered to train as an officer for the country's 'municipal' police force, 'the constabulary Guard' -
Fidel Castro was born
He was born with 6 siblings. His dad was named Angel who was a rich sugar plantation owner, from Spain. Next his mother was Lina Gonzalez who was a maid to Angel's first wife, Maria. -
Trujillo (cheats) Trujillo named himself a candidate in the new presidential elections.
He organized a secret police force to torture and murder supporters of the other candidate.And Trujillo won the election by a lot. -
(trujillo) He planned the killing of thousands of Haitian immigrants.
he was known to not care for their civil liberties -
Trujillo held the office of president until 1938,
He ended by chosing someone who bascially did anything that he wanted him to do and who feared him -
After his graduation Castro entered law school at the University of Havana
He first loved sports more than school and he he also played baseball. But later he went to law school and got into the "political climate of Cuban nationalism, anti-imperialism and socialism." -
Castro joined the Caribbean legion
After Castro became came came to love social justice he then join the caribbean legion. Which planned to overthrow generalissimo Rafael Trujillo but it was not a success -
(castro) gained more power through marriage of his wife
He married Mirta Diaz Balart. She was from a rich family from cuba and they had a son name fedilto. but their marriage later ended in 1955 -
Castro, his brother Raúl attacks base
A group of about 150 armed men attacked the second-largest military base in Cuba but lost and Castro and Rual were held captive -
Castro and the rest of the 26th of July Movement rebels.
They landed on Cuban soil with the hope of starting a revolution. But they were met by heavy Batista defenses, almost everyone in the Movement was killed, But a couple of people escaped. They were Castro, Raúl, and Che Guevara. -
Castro and his army
They had successful military campaigns throughout Cuba to capture and get key areas of the country. Which would give them an upper edge towards enemies. -
Miro resigned, and Castro was sworn in as prime minister.
As Cuban prime minister, Castro's government made 'covert military and economic relations with the Soviet Union' which lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis -
Rafeal Trujillo was assassinated
Rafael Trujillo was ambushed while traveling home in his car and shot by seven people and some were members of his own side -
(castro) (cuba fall)
since having rely on Soviet aid and trade, the downfall of the Soviet Union was in 1991. and suffered a lot more through the period of the 1990s -
(castro) gave power to Raul 76 year old Brother
The power switch was supposed to be temporary but he kept on having health problems so he formaly resigned
