Fidel Castro a poor break dancer really knows how to get down !!Saxophone, Latin Music, Cuban music castro is dead !  Castro has died.  Sax.

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Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926.   He attended Catholic schools before graduating from the University of Havana with a degree in law.Castro was a member of the Ortodoxo Party, a social-democrat party, and strongly criticized the government of fulgencio Batista On the 26^th of July in 1953, Fidel Castro launched an attack on the Moncada army barracks.  It failed, and most involved were killed or captured.  Fidel was captured and given a trial, which he used to make his famous speech, "History Will Absolve Me".  Sentenced to 15 years, he was pardoned after just two.He then went into exile in Mexico, where he trained and assembled the 26^th of July Movement.  He gained support from Che Guevara and others before leaving aboard the Granma to invade Cuba in 1956.Returning to Cuba, the revolutionaries hid in the Sierra Maestra mountains, gaining support among the peasants.  Eventually, Batista was forced to flee in 1959 and Castro took over.Many Cubans left when it became clear that the revolution was a Marxist one.  Economic antagonism from the United States caused Castro to nationalize all American property. The United States Government tried various schemes to assassinate Fidel Castro and continues to economically isolate Cuba.   The CIA even tried to invade Cuba at the Bay Of Pigs to remove Fidel Castro from power, but the Cubans successfully fought it off. As a result, Castro became closely aligned with the Soviet Union.  The Soviets bought large amounts of sugar and supplied Cuba with economic and military assistance.  This money fueled many of Castro's social programs, such as his war on illiteracy and free universal health care.  Unfortunately, aligning Cuba with the USSR only led to more friction between Cuba and the United States.  Castro has also successfully assisted foreign revolutions in Angola and Ethiopia.  He was elected the head of Nonaligned Nations Movement and has been a strong critic of US imperialism.  The destruction of the Soviet Union has left Cuba in a poor economic state and Castro less of an international figure, though he remains President of Cuba.

evolution of 1959.

During the first few years of the 1900s, an American military government ruled Cuba.  It was headed by Leonard Wood, and would remain in power until 1902, when a Cuban Government replaced it.  For many years, the Cuban parties often fought and cheated their way into office.  Once there, they would commonly enrich themselves, robbing millions of dollars from the treasury.  American companies also prospered during this period.  US companies owned 75% of the sugar industry and 60% of Cuba's land.  The wealthy Cuban elite became even richer, but the poor continued to live in poverty  In 1928, President Machado gave himself another term without reelection.  Opposition to him was successful by 1933, when a revolution forced him to flee. Shortly after, the  seargents revolt caused Fulgencio Batista to rise to power.  For many years, he would run the country, usually through puppet presidents.   Batista lost the 1944 election and stepped down.  He lived in Miami until American business and Mafia interests convinced him to return.  A coup in 1952 brought back Batista.  He ruled as dictator until the triumph of the Revolution in 1959.  From then on, US power over Cuba was no more.  The new government of Fidel Castro didn't get along well with the US.  Eventually, they turned to the Soviet for aid and Mr. Castro announced  cuba was a socialist country.  It has remained such ever since, making tremendous social gains but being hurt greatly by the destruction of its trading partners.  Cuban culture is a colorful, interesting, an often bizarre mix. This mix of different, often contrasting, factors and influences can be seen at many levels of Cuban culture.  In Cuba, the intermingling of races as one the most obvious examples    The  Cuban Revolution has greatly affected Cuban culture, down to the most basic levels of daily life.   Despite the often shallow Revolutionary propaganda spouted by the Government t (sometimes in billboard form  the revolutionary cause has become thoroughly embedded in Cuban culture.  This is because many Cubans greatly appreciate the social benefits of the Revolution, especially in the areas of education , and healthcare. There is a strong artistic presence among the Cuban people, whether from artists formally trained in state-provided art schools, or self-taught amateurs.  Cubans greatly enjoy mucic in fact, several popular forms of music and dance such as salsa and the cha-cha-cha originated in Cuba  As a result of the US economic blockade on Cuba, there aren't very many new cars in Cuba.  However, Cuba has probably the world's largest supply of old American cars.   There are between 50,000 and 100,000 pre-1960 US cars being used in Cuba today.   These cars are still heavily in use every day and are kept up well.  Many parts have fallen off, and Cuba cannot purchase spares from the US.  Sheet metal is commonly found holding these old cars together.  Another popular form of transportation is the bus system.  You will see large numbers of people waiting at bus stops all over the cities.  Cuba has normal buses as well as camel buses which hold hundreds of people, more often than not carrying many more than they're designed for.Many people walk when possible.   In Havana and other large cities, places of work are often too far from housing to make this possible, however.What automobiles. Cubans have, they share.  In some small towns, state-owned cars have to stop at the end of town and check with an official.   The official finds out where they're going so that people in the town that need a ride there can go along.  Many people climb into the backs of trucks.  Families driving down the street commonly pick up people and give them a ride.  This organized system of hitchhiking allows Cuba to maximize the usefulness of its aging automobile fleet.The last, and most popular, form of transportation is the bicycle.  Cuba has and will buy 1.2 million bikes from China.  It is also developing its own bikes (the Chinese bikes were unpopular) and some people are quite proud of them.  The government makes bikes available to citizens for just $6.  About 30% of Havana's bicycles are used every day. There is also an airline system in Cuba which links all of the major cities.  Obviously in a third world country, few Cubans travel this way.  Lastly, there are several railroads connecting Cuba's cities.  This is a good way to get around the country.

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