Fidel Castro took a small satellite nation of the United States of America and turned it into one of the most successful communist states in the world. His policies and charisma have caused him to be one of the most beloved communist leaders in the world. Castro created a Communist nation that, while European communists were failing and falling victim to corruption and Asian communists were starving and oppressed, it was still going strong. His personal strengths turned schemes that were designed to weaken him, such as U.S. trade embargos and the Bay of Pigs invasion, into propaganda events that strengthened his control over Cuba.

Castro's impact on society was incredible, he turned a nation with a well defined, almost feudal, class structure into a functioning communist state where the citizens "...would regard work not as a means of personal enrichment, but as a commitment to social change." He attempted to set up an effective welfare system in which education and medical benefits were evenly spread around, not just given to the rich. Castro rejected both prominent ideologies of the time, communism and democracy,

In conclusion much like Stalin Castro's will and determination turned the backward nation of Cuba into a cold war power. While he started with a small number of revolutionaries his power grew until he became one of the longest lasting Communist dictators.

Castro's steadfast stance in foreign policy was to oppose the United States on every issue, He refused to believe Cuba was any one nation's pawn despite the Soviet Unions influence over his economic policies. He established Cuba as a major player in the cold war politics managing to achieve what even Stalin failed by spreading the revolution around Latin America, Asia and Africa. Cuba provided many military advisers to countries attempting to break from colonial powers such as Ghana in 1961, Algeria in 1962, Angola in 1965, Bolivia in 1967 and Nicaragua in 1979. He also participated in one of the major events in the Cold War, the Cuban Missile crises, which almost resulted in nuclear war between the superpowers, this crises culminated in three weeks on intense negotiation between the United States and Russia. Russia decided to pull out of Cuba without consulting Castro, after this Castro realised that he was just a pawn of the USSR not a major leader like he believed. In 1980 Castro became a leader in the Non-Aligned Nations Association a group a nations determi

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