Essays on Fidel Castro

The researcher chose to investigate this to gain knowledge of its Caribbean neighbor Cuba and its infamous history. This topic was chosen because there was available information and resources to use for research. The researcher also felt it important to choose this topic as Cuba’s…

A leader is not someone who leads people. A leader is the one who does more than just lead people. They have to be driven by the right motivation and make a positive impact on the people around them. Leaders can work toward making their…

The world would never forget the name Fidel Castro, the Cuban Prime Minister/dictator who ruled for almost 50 years. However one of the highly secretive issues in his life was his dalliance with Dalia Soto Del Valle. This Cuban lady who bore 5 sons for…

The Cuban Missile Crisis was truly one of the world’s worst esculations of tension between two willing and able superpowers that could have resulted in damages both parties would still be recovering from today. Beginning with issues concerning Cuba, the crisis came to involve the…

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…