Fidel Castro’s legacy impacted across the globe for having a contradictory view about the leadership and political agenda. According to critics, Fidel Castro was a dictator of Cuba between 1959 – 2008. He was born in Biran, Cuba in 1926, studied law at University of Havana. During his education he was completely inspired by nationalist and Marxist ideology, which made him efficiently influenced by the situations in Latin America. The condition led him to rise to power and the development of communism became a stage for the “Cuban Revolution“
Cuba is well known today for being a communist state, he inspired Marxism and believed that communism can be the solution for many of Cuban’s problems. What Fidel Castro means about communism is a more advanced form of socialism, which intends private ownership to profit-based economy. It explains that with the public ownership by the state and communal control over means of production and natural resources in the economy.
Legacy Of Marxism
Fidel Castro grew up learning the ideas of Marxist-Lennist that inspired him to build a communist society in Cuba. The capitalist power is encouraged to have control over economy status, as the consequence of inequality in production of means of economy. Initiating capitalism could let the poor be poor and the rich be rich which influenced more in the United States. The influence of the United States was heavy in Batista regime that threatened the sense of nationalism that had been domain for too many years.
Fidel Castro was dedicated to anti-imperialism and he believed that people in Cuba share his sense of values against imperialism. He rallied them by saying, “our revolution and our people stand firm against imperialist power, its political influence, its long experience in aggression, crime, subversion, and piracy. His view of sovereignty for Cuba and its people that empowered Cuban revolutionaries.
Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro alleged that the Cuban government under the rule of Batista was morally wrong, giving rise to revolution to the country by the people to bring a new government that would treat people equality and not discriminate against any minorities in the population. Majority of Cuban people supported the revolution that led to good for people but the imperialism that was present in the country at the time was the presence of the United States government that backed Batista and his regime.
Castro’s goal was to achieve a national liberation that would create confidence among the people and a sense of united security. During the period between 1959-1965, Cuban revolution became a major success to the fall of Batista’s regime. He was the popular opinion to lead a new government but he did not immediately take power and control of the country. He felt being a dictator after the triumph of the revolution, he wished to stay in the background, and make sure that the government they created would remain loyal to the original goals of the revolution.
Although he was categorized as a dictator, He was not the sole man in charge of the government, though he did have almost all the control. His goals turned to better the economic, social and political situations that Cuba found themselves in creating its socialist society. The majority of the poor and working class appeared after the war displaced countless individuals, leading to a substantial increase in refugees and immigrants in Latin America.
Fidel Castro expressed his motives to the people in speech and made promises to aid the poor, the uneducated, the unemployed, the rights of women, the rights of elderly and so many more. He spent his entire life fighting justice, fighting for others, but his execution of those ideals was what the Cuba people yearned for and depended upon.
