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Fidel Castro implemented laws that involved giving people electricity in rural areas of Cuba, as well as free healthcare and education for all Cubans.

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People who were poor before Castro's revolution now are at a more stable economic stand point. Therefore they have a higher level of economic security, education, and medical service.

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It affected people lives because at that time the economy went down , and that meant no money , no food or resources and suffered extreme poverty .

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His communist reforms also resulted in negative impacts, when he canceled the free press and implemente a communist dictatorship in which there was only one long lasting political party.

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He also focused on creating a more equal Cuba in which there would be less racism and more equal treatment of all people.

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People can find jobs year round where as before Castro's revolution, 300,000 to 400,000 sugarcane harvesters were employed for 3 to 4 months being left unemployed for the rest of the year.

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Cuban citizens are all entitled to receive, free of charge, medical services, education at all levels, meals while working, a "banquet" for wedding guests, electricity, local telephone service, and more.

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In 1962, after communism began to fall in Europe, other countries stopped trading with Cuba, therefore Castro considered himself obligated to implement liberal economic policies  to keep his economy afloat.

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Governments moved their people to close communities and off their land. Not enough of their kids were getting educated.

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It also affected peoples lives as they struggled with having no food or money and also dealing with new politics

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As they struggled with economy they had a hard time finding a job and having money and adapting to new politics .

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It also meant that by stressing economic policy over economic restraints, critics can shift responsibility for Cuba’s alleged poverty on to Castro without implicating successive US administrations that have imposed the suffocating embargo.

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Castro was against homosexual people, therefore he would have his military attack these people if suspected in public. He declared them a subversive and socially disruptive group.

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The only people who really benefitted from the government overthrow were those closest to Castro, like politicians and revolutionaries who fought alongside him and helped him get into power.

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Castro became an athiest which meant that religious people were put at risk being under Castros power. Castro got rid of any existing churches however in 1993 he started raising some restrictions that didn't allow churches. In 2003 he even attended a Roman Catholic convent blessing.

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Castro gained popularity due to his promises to the Cuban people of free healthcare, education and living services such as light and water in rural areas. At the beginning, he started to carry out these promises, but the lack of free speech and free press led all of Cuba to despise him for his selfishness and lack of sympathy towards his poor country.

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Government and military officials lived like kings, because unlike the average working class person, they could make their own decisions and due to their close connection to Castro, they could easily get anything they needed.