Fidel+Castro

 =Castro in Power in Cuba, 1959=

 =Overview= Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba in 1959 and held it for nearly a half-century, becoming one of the world's longest-ruling leaders. Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician, one of the primary leaders of the Cuban Revolution, the Prime Minister of Cuba from February 1959 to December 1976, and then the President of the Council of State of Cuba until his resignation from the office in February 2008. He is currently the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. When the U.S.-owned refineries in Cuba refused to process the oil, they were expropriated, and the United States broke off diplomatic relations with the Castro government soon afterward. To the concern of the Eisenhower administration, Cuba began to establish closer ties with the Soviet Union. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was enacted to overthrow Castro’s government. Unsuccessful events led into the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Main Point
Fidel Castro’s superior control over the government and the society of Cuba concerned President Eisenhower. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an unsuccessful attempt by a US-trained force of Cuban exiles to invade southern Cuba with support from US government armed forces, to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. The Cuban armed forces, trained and equipped by Eastern Bloc nations, defeated the exile combatants in three days. Tensions between Cuba and the US heightened during the 1962 missile crisis, which nearly brought the US and the USSR into nuclear conflict. The US government viewed the installation of Soviet nuclear weapons 90 miles south of Key West as an aggressive act and a threat to US security. As a result, the US publicly announced its discovery on October 22, 1962, and implemented quarantine around Cuba that would actively intercept and search any vessels heading for the island. Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles, in Cuba, in exchange for a United States commitment not to invade Cuba and an understanding that the US would secretly remove American medium-range ballistic missiles targeting the Soviet Union from Turkey and Italy, a measure that the US implemented a few months later. The missile swap was never publicized because the Kennedy Administration demanded secrecy in order to preserve North Atlantic Treaty Organization relations and protect Democratic Party candidates in the upcoming United States elections.

Conclusion
Castro ruled a large empire based on communism. He destroyed the old government that he felt was unconstitutional and wanted to bring about a more fair government option. Batista was over thrown and Fidel Castro gained the opportunity to create the society he believed, but once he obtained his power he believed he should be the only ruler. Eisenhower considered Castro a large threat and sent troops into Cuba resulting in failed attempt to over throw Castro. Bad Cuban-American relations were made worse by the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Cuba gained a relationship with the Soviet Union, and eventually brought nuclear missiles into Cuba. The Soviet Union didn’t want the United States to invade Cuba, so a deal was arranged between the two countries to keep the peace. 2009-10.1.2.J

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