Essays on Fidel Castro

Susanna Kaysen, author of the bestselling 1993 novel Girl Interrupted once wrote, “….I told her once I wasn’t good at anything. She told me survival is a talent.” There isn’t a more appropriate statement for Fidel Castro, a man who was nothing short of a…

In modern stories of oppressive government, an archetype of a ruler who doesn’t care for his people, violently ends protests and seems to simply be the villain. Debatably, the man who created this archetype is Fulgencio Batista. Batista was elected president of Cuba in 1940…

Cuba is one of only a handful of countries that still stands as Communist in the world of today. This is in thanks to Fidel Castro, who led the country for over half a century upon overtaking the role of dictator from Fulgencio Batista. Castro…

In January 1959, Fidel Castro assumed power after overthrowing the current dictator Fulgencio Batista. Castro caused radical changes within Cuban society, especially with social issues such as women’s rights, and gender relations. These changes have been beneficial as well as bad for Cuban society. One…