History Brief: Who was Fidel Castro?
This video gives a brief description of the life and rule of Fidel Castro in Cuba. Get our Fidel Castro unit here: http://bit.ly/2fSuikU
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This video includes:
-Fidel Castro's role in the Cold War
-Who was Fidel Castro
-How did Castro acquire the position he held?
-Castro attending the University of Havana
-Castro's interest in politics
-Castro's involvement with revolutions and rebellions in the Dominican Republic and Colombia
-Castro's fight against Cuban president, Fulgencio Batista
-Castro's imprisonment
-Fidel Castro in Mexico
-Fidel and Raul's rise to power in Cuba
-Castro's friendship with Ché Guevara
-Castro overthrows Batista with 80 men, and old yacht, 90 rifles, 40 pistols, and three machine guns
-Castro and Guevara's key roles in the war against Batista
-Castro's overthrowing of Batista in 1959
-Castro as Prime Minister and President of Cuba
-The US Government distrusted Castro and attempted to remove him from power
-Castro defeating the Cuban exiles during the Bay of Pigs Invasion -Castro declares that Cuba will become a communist nation and allies with the Soviet Union
-Fidel Castro and the US face of during the Cuban Missile Crisis
-Castro continues to consolidate his power in Cuba, becoming a dictator.
-Castro removes all opposition to his power, arresting and executing his opposition
-The beating, torture, and interrogation of Castro's political opposition
-1.2 million Cubans flee Castro's rule, escaping to the United States
-In 2008, due to his age and poor health, Fidel Castro relinquishes his control over Cuba, handing the reigns of the government over to his brother Raul Castro
-Fidel Castro dies on November 25, 2016, at the age of 90
