My grand wall by luis guillen https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep Made with joy en-us 2019-04-22 12:44:07 UTC 2019-04-22 19:58:26 UTC hello@padlet.com Castro's policies luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353032167 Castro wanted free healthcare available to all Cuban citizens, this improved the standard of living and infant mortality rate decreased by about 20%. The issue that women faced with equal pay is that high paying jobs were reserved for men, while women were paid as much as men were they still faced discrimination in the sense that they couldn’t get the high paying jobs. Castro wanted to have free education available to all. Volunteers worked as teachers and built new schools which allowed 300,000 kids to go to school. Castro wanted to diversify the economy so that they wouldn’t just rely on sugar and redistribute land and wealth to make opportunities more available for everyone.]]> 2019-04-22 12:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353032167 Foreign Policy luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353037049 Because of the embargo that the US had on Cuba, Cuba made a trade deal with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union would buy Cuba’s sugar and Cuba would by soviet fuel, this deal would allow Cuba to rebuild its economy.]]> 2019-04-22 13:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353037049 Consolidation of Power luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353037322 In July of 1953, Castro led a small army in an attack on the Moncada Barracks, the attack failed and Castro was sent to jail. Castro was set free and he moved to Mexico where he met Che Guevara and planned his return. Castro and many of his follow revolutionists traveled on the “Granma”, a ship, back into Cuba where they were ambushed. Only 18 people, including Castro and his brother Raul, survived the ambush and ran away into the mountains. Castro slowly gathered more recruits and on January 1st, 1959, they overthrew Batista and Castro claimed Prime Minister. Castro nationalized all of the US’s businesses in Cuba which led to an embargo on Cuba. The US sent Cuban exiles to take out Castro, their attack failed because the first air strike missed. Castro had the exiles captured and returned them in exchange for $52 million worth supplies. Cuba relied on the USSR for economic and military support. Eventually both parties agreed to remove nuclear missiles from countries near them and the US agreed to not invade Cuba.]]> 2019-04-22 13:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353037322 USSR and Communism luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353140799 In February 1960, Khrushchev sent Anastas Mikoyan to assess Castro’s intentions with Cuba, upon his return Mikoyan suggested Cuba be assisted politically and economically. Khrushchev agreed to temporarily purchase Cuban sugar in exchange for Soviet Fuel. Castro announced that Cuba became a Socialist Republic. NATO positioned missiles in Turkey in 1958, as a result, the Soviet Union sent military material to Cuba, this was seen by the US. and they declared that any attack from Cuba will be considered an attack from the Soviet Union. Cuba became a member of the Council of Mutual Economic Aid, the Soviet Union invested 1.7 billion USD to help Cuba rebuild Cuban factories and industry. Cuba also received 750 million USD in military assistance each year for 3 years. One of the few things that Castro did when he came into power was nationalize all industries, foreign and Cuban alike. The old Cuban army was dismantled and replaced with the Rebel army.]]> 2019-04-22 18:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353140799 Minorities luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353141848 Military Units to Aid Production, or UMAPs, were labor camps established which confined "social deviants" including homosexuals and Jehovah Witnesses in order to work "counter-revolutionary" influences out of certain segments of the population. There were thousands of executions. The camps were closed in 1967 in response to international outcries. Women enjoyed few rights and were expected to sacrifice their interests for family. The Labor Code ensures equal rights and opportunities for women in all fields of work as well as an equal salary. Social security applies to men and women equally. Women have the right to an abortion. Equality of access is ensured in both education and health. Much of the success in implementing the legislation relating to the rights of women has been achieved thanks to the work of the Federation of Cuban Women. Over 85% of Cuban women are members and it now has 73,710 branches throughout the country.]]> 2019-04-22 18:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353141848 Pre-Castro luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353154572 Democracy was marred by corruption and political violence -- the work of "action groups" or gangs who shot their way through politics at the University of Havana and on the city streets. March 1952, Batista, in a coup d'etat, destroyed the democratic republic the stage was set for revolution. Between 1952 and 1958, Cubans from all walks of life -- students, businessmen, mothers, politicians -- united in opposition against Batista. Even Castro -- a dynamic national figure following his failed Moncada assault of 1953 -- spoke in those terms. "Not Communism or Marxism is our idea. Our political philosophy is representative democracy and social justice in a well-planned economy." Many wealthy Cubans welcomed Castro's rebel triumph in January 1959. "My parents, my grandparents and my uncles went out and paid their back taxes," recalls Professor Marifeli Pérez Stable, "because finally, there was going to be an honest government in Cuba."]]> 2019-04-22 18:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353154572 US Involvement luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353155337 1953: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful revolt against the Batista regime.
1956: Castro lands in eastern Cuba from Mexico and takes to the Sierra Maestra mountains where, aided by Ernesto "Che" Guevara, he wages a guerrilla war. 1958: The US withdraws military aid to Batista. 1959: Castro leads a 9,000-strong guerrilla army into Havana, forcing Batista to flee. Castro becomes prime minister. Castro meets US Vice President Richard Nixon on an unofficial visit to Washington.
1960: All US businesses in Cuba are nationalized without compensation; US breaks off diplomatic relations with Havana and imposes a trade embargo in response to Castro's reforms.
1961: US backs an abortive invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs; Castro proclaims Cuba a communist state and begins to ally it with the USSR. The CIA begins to make plans to assassinate Castro as part of Operation Mongoose. At least five plans to kill the Cuban leader were drawn up between 1961 and 1963.
1962: World relief as Cuban missile crisis ends. Cuban missile crisis ignites when, fearing a US invasion, Castro agrees to allow the USSR to deploy nuclear missiles on the island. The US released photos of Soviet nuclear missile silos in Cuba - triggering a crisis which took the two superpowers to the brink of nuclear war. It was subsequently resolved when the USSR agreed to remove the missiles in return for the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey.
]]> 2019-04-22 19:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353155337 Castro's Struggle luisguillen464 https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353170037 The Auténticos also produced a guerrilla organization November 1956 Castro lands in Cuba on the Granma. He and his followers are attacked, and the remnants flee into the Sierra Maestra. Batista had little more than Rural Guard outposts in the region, which were quite unpopular with the peasants. Two outposts were taken in 1957, provoking military pursuit in the mountains. The army’s behavior simply created more animosity.]]> 2019-04-22 19:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/luisguillen464/jul2y8q32nep/wish/353170037