1. By Justin Gregory

2.  How did Fidel Castro’s Rise to power
affect current relations with the United
States.

3.  In 1898 Cuba Gained
its Independence
from Spain.
 Cuba was under US
military Occupation
until 1902.
 Most of the Cuban
wealth was still
controlled by The US.

4.  Corruption and Violence grew in Cuba.
 Causing the US to intervene a Number of times.
 This allowed Fulgecio Batista to come to
power as a dictator.
 Batista was originally elected as president and
made himself dictator and banned free elections.
 While he was in power there was poverty,
poor education, and limited healthcare
causing a need for revolution.

6.  Castro’s revolution took seven years to succeed.
 Castro was originally arrested and sent to jail for
15 years and was released.
 After he was released he fled to Mexico to create a new
group of Rebels with supplies from the United States.
 Castro Finally defeated Balista and his
government and made himself Dictator.

7.  Castro’s government was communist.
 All property belonging to any American was
claimed by the Cuban Government.
 The Government Owned about everything.
 Cuban TV stations, newspapers and radio
stations were shut down.
 The only way to get any news was through
the government.
 Cubans were no longer able to protest
against the government.

8.  The US and Cuba didn’t get along.
 The US didn’t Like that Cuba was a communist
nation and such a close nieghbor.
 All American property in Cuba was lost .
 Castro Forced American Civilians to leave.
 America didn’t like Cuba being Allied with the
Soviet Union.

10.  Goal: to overthrow Castro
 Plan: Arm Cuban exiles and send them to
Cuba. Then Cuban citizens would join them
and fight back.
 What happen: Castro’s Forces intercepted the
plan and captured the invaders.
 This Sparked a deep hatred for the US.

12.  In 1962 US spy planes spotted Soviet Missile
bases in Cuba.
 President announces that they have Nuclear
Missiles in Cuba.
 This was a very tense and scary time.
 Solution:
 Kennedy agreed to remove missiles from turkey
and not to invade Cuba. In return the USSR would
remove missiles from Cuba.

13.  Result
 The limited test ban treaty banned above ground
testing and was agreed upon by the United
States, Soviet Union, and Great Britain.

15.  This Act was created in 1962 and is still in
place today.
 Mainly Cuba’s crops (mainly sugar cane) could
no longer be sold to America which hurt
Cuba’s economy.
 With the embargo act, poor harvests, and
poor government planning Cuba’s economy
soon took a turn for the worst.

16.  Over the past 50 years Relations have not
improved.
 Over the past 50 years thousands of people
have escaped Cuba to come to the US.
 Many did so because Castro would not allow Free
elections, Freedom of the press, Freedom of
speech, etc.
 Now the Us only accepts 20,000 immigrants a
year from Cuba.

17.  After Castro’s decline in health, he gave up
his Cuban dictatorship on February 19 2008.
His brother Raul Castro is now Cuba’s leader.
 It is unknown today if Castro is alive.

18.  Many policies are kept From Fidel Castro’s
Government.
 The government still controls the Media.
 Limited Internet Access
 Forbids almost everyone from leaving or returning
to the island.
 Anyone who criticizes the government will face
criminal charges .

19. I think that he changed Cuba for the worst.
Why?
He took away many freedoms from his
people and ruined most of their lives in the
process.

20.  Jerry Lutz
 Lived in Western Pennsylvania Almost her
entire life.
 Mother of Six
 80 Years old

21.  No, I wouldn’t visit Cuba, it seems like a very
harsh place where it citizens seem to be
abused and have their freedoms taken away.

22.  I think he ruined this relationship by
threatening the US with nukes and allying
themselves with Russia. Everyone was
already scared of communism adding a
missile crisis was like adding gasoline to a
fire.

23.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpnfDwWd7
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 http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/R
AND_MG111.pdf
 http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/
Cuba-history.htm
 http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cr
i/621027%20The%20Crisis%20USSR-Cuba.pdf
 www.gwu.edu
 http://www.hrw.org/world-report-2012/world-
report-2012-cuba