Castro's era - Cold War - Caribbean Island - Soviet Union
During the Cold War emerged the communism in the island of Cuba with the takeover of a charismatic leader, Fidel Castro. After his «coup d'état» which has removed Batista, the former lawyer managed to impose his vision to Cuban people and to the world; despite American attempts to remove the Cuban communist regime.
How did Fidel Castro impose Cuban communism to Cuban people during the Cold War?
We will see how Castro took the leadership of Cuba after removing Batista; then his international policy and the relations with the outside world and finally his policy in the island of Cuba and his popular image
1945. It's the end of the 2nd World War and the defeat of Nazism. The winners are the USSR, the USA, the United Kingdom, and France; but the end of the war sees the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as the dominant powers in the world. However, since Potsdam (July 1945), the mistrust is growing between the two powers. As the relationship between the USA and the USSR deteriorates, the Cold War begins.
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