On August 13, 1926 one of the world's most fierce leaders was brought upon this earth. He would be recognized world wide as Fidel Castro. Born near Biran Cuba he grew up on his mother
And fathers 200 acre sugar cane plantation (Groiler 1996 n. Page).
When Castro turned age six he was sent away to a parochial school for children of the Aflon in Santiago where he was known to be a little bit of a hell raiser. Although he was very capiable of doing his work, he was reluctant to do so if it didn't interest him. After years of struggling through school Castro then attended the University of Havana where he graduated with a low degree on 1950 (One Biography n. Page) many of his friends and associated pushed him to become a member of the orthodox party of Cuba where be became the leader and was about to go up against Batista in a federal election but the
In October of 1955 Castro announced the formation of his 26th of July movement aimed at toppling Fulgencio Batista.
The mission was a disaster before it got started 114 men died and 1200 were captured and then ransomed of the States. The mission was over April 18. This invasion would be known as the Bay of Pigs. There were many other attempts to kill Castro like exploding cigars and snipers but Fidel survived them all. (Biography n. Page)
Castro was swamped by complaints of village people being assulted and killed by Batista soldiers. So Castro had trials for the men and if found guilty they would be executed. The Americans protested his actions but Castro ignored them, his relationship with the United States soured quickly and warmed just as fast with the USSR
He then went into exile in Mexico vowing to return to Cuba in order to fight agai
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