Fulgencio Batista was the president of Cuba form 1933 to 1944, and after overthrowing the government, becomes the dictator of Cuba from 1952 to 1959.

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3 Fulgencio Batista was the president of Cuba form 1933 to 1944, and after overthrowing the government, becomes the dictator of Cuba from 1952 to Batista was a corrupt and repressive dictator, but he was pro-american and helped U.S. companies. American businesses and wealthy individuals owned almost half of Cuba s sugar plantations and the majority of its cattle ranches, mines and utilities. He was also reliably anticommunist. Cuban citizens were unhappy with Batista s rule. Civil liberties were revoked, poverty increased, education and healthcare declined.

4 Revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro began to rise up against the government. In 1953, Fidel Castro and 150 revolutionaries try to overthrow the government. Castro arrested and sentenced to 15 years. He was released in In 1959, Castro and his men drove Batista out of Havana and took over the government.

5 Castro seized absolute power and made himself dictator of Cuba. The US originally supported Castro because he promised to make Cuba a democracy Castro turned Cuba into a Communist country and formed an alliance with the Soviet Union. The U.S. and the Soviet Union were enemies fighting a cold war at that time.

6 Castro promised his people that he would: end American influence over Cuban businesses re-distribute the wealth evenly to all Cubans make every Cuban literate Give all Cubans healthcare

7 All property in Cuba that Americans owned was taken over and now belonged to the Cuban government. Cubans no longer had the right to protest against the government. Cuban newspapers, radio, & TV were shut down and the government owned and controlled all media.

8 US didn t like having a neighboring country that was communist. US didn t like Cuba having ties with the Soviet Union. US didn t like that Americans who owned land and businesses in Cuba lost their property.

9 Cuba and the Soviet Union become allies In May 1960, Castro forms an alliance with the Soviet Union The United States responded by placing and embargo on sugar. Exports of sugar to the U.S. made up 80% of the country s total sugar exports. To prevent the Cuba s economy from collapsing, the USSR (Soviet Union) agreed to buy the sugar.

10 The CIA of the U.S. funded an invasion of Cuba to overthrow Castro s government. They trained Cuban exiles (people who left Cuba because they supported or worked for the Cuban government when it was led by Batista). The U.S. didn t want to be directly connected to the attack. They hoped it would spark an anti-revolutionary revolt in Cuba. On April 15, 1961, a group of Cuban exiles took off from Nicaragua and conducted a strike against Cuban airfields. However, it turned out that Castro and his advisers knew about the raid and had moved his planes out of harm s way. On April 17, the Cuban exile brigade began its invasion. They failed horribly and the battle was over in less than 3 days.

11 114 were killed and over 1,000 were taken prisoner.

12 US planes spotted secret Soviet missile bases in Cuba. This was an extremely TENSE time (during the Cold War) that could have led to WWIII U.S. agreed not to invade Cuba and to remove US missiles from Turkey Soviet Union agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.

13 The U.S. ban sugar imports from Cuba in 1960 after Cuba established relations with the USSR. In 1962, the U.S. extended the embargo to include almost all products coming out of Cuba. An embargo is when a country decides not to trade with another country. The embargo is still in effect today. Cuba s economy has really suffered because of the embargo and other factors, like poor harvests, and poor government planning. Photo: President John F. Kennedy signs the embargo legislation.

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15 There is still an embargo on Cuba today. Large numbers of Cubans escape oppressive conditions in Cuba to find freedom in the U.S.

16 After a decline in health, Fidel Castro gave up the Cuban presidency His brother, Raul Castro, is now the Cuban dictator. Fidel Castro died in 2016.

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