The president of Cuba Fidel Castro

The real name of Fidel Castro is Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. He was born on 13 August 1926 in town Biran, Cuba. Fidel Castro is son of possessor of plantation for sugar-cane near Santiago de Cuba. In the period 1931-1947 Fidel Castro was studied in La Sal College in Santiago de Cuba, then in Jesuitical college in town Dolores and in Jesuitical college in Belen. After that he studied in Havana's university and then he worked as a lawyer. Fidel Castro decided to be a revolutionist, because he was shocked from the way of living of poor and destitute people in the country. He was motivated from Marxist-Leninist ideology. In 1952 Fulhensio Batista took up the authority in Cuba after coup d`etat and he put dictatorial regime (administration), which was embodiment of corruption decline, inequality and poorness. After the coup d`etat Fidel Castro took apart in anti-government actions and he concealed. He was at the head of unsuccessful armed rebellion against the barrack in Monkada. 69 people from 111 were killed in the attack and Fidel Castro was arrested. He was sentenced and sent off in prison for 15 years. In 1955 he was free, because of common amnesty. After that he migrated in Mexico, where he was in the making of a new group from revolutionists for the following stage in the fight against dictatorial administration of Batista. Fidel Castro arrived underground in Cuba on 2 December 1956. With him were 80 his followers among them was Che Guevara. Castro leaded the partisan fight 18 months from the basis in mountain Sierra Maestra. In March 1958 he published a manifesto with which he called the Cubans for nation-wide fight against Batista. The bursting rebellion was so successful that Fidel Castro went into Havana triumphal on 8 January 1959. After one month he got up a prime minister of Cuba.

Fidel Castro transformed Cuba in socialist country. He made many changes in social and economics politics. He made programmes which totally raise the literates and the quality of the health services for all of the Cuban people. Fidel sent off many members of the Cuban elite in exile, he made the society militarized; he put control of the media and made the education political. Conservative and moderate people in Cuba went in Spain, Mexico, France and most of them in USA, Florida-Miami. In 1960 Fidel Castro made allies with USSR. He supported the revolutions in Latin America, Africa and Asia too. He got up very strong opposition of USA, with which before that were main merchant partners. Most of the American politicians saw in Castro's politics threat to the security of USA. In 1961 the attitudes between Cuba and USA made worse. The US president Eisenhower accused the Cuban leader of pushing his country in the hands of USSR and Nikita Khrushchev. USA made armed attack against Cuba from 17 to 19 April 1961. USA made army from Cuban exiles which have to take down Fidel Castro. But Cuban army killed most of the US army in the Bay of Pigs and the rest 1000 people were taken captive. In the period 22-28 October 1962 started the crisis. American reconnaissance planes uncovered that USSR was bringing in Cuba atom fighting heads. The world was in danger of nuclear war. USSR succeeded to cope with crisis. They made a secret alliance with USA. Since that Fidel Castro is one of the biggest enemies of USA. The American politicians and secret services made over 600 attempts to kill the Cuban president but all of them were unsuccessful. After the crisis USSR helped to Cuba with import of goods and other material assistances, because USA made blockade of Cuba. USSR bought up most of the Cuban production from sugar- cane. On 15 October 1967 Fidel Castro announced that Ernesto Che Guevara was killed in partisan fight in Bolivia. In 1975 Castro sent off Cuban military units in Angola to help of partisan fight for independence.

In our days Fidel Castro has problems with his health. Temporarily the authority is in hands of Castro's brother Raul. In these days Fidel Castro will make 80 years. In Cuba there are many speculations for the health of Cuban president. Some opposition Cuban politicians in USA even propagate that Fidel is dead. The Cuban president says that he endured little operation after a problem. He says that USA can be calm that he doesn't rule when he will be 100 years old. The personal doctor of Fidel Castro thinks that Cuban leader will reach 120 years without any problems. Euhenio Selman says that Fidel Castro makes regularly physical exercises and eats narrow field of food. The Cuban leader saw 9 American presidents and he gets off safe. He is very important person for the world history.

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