Castro

Castro

On August 13, 1926 one of the world's most fierce leaders was brought upon this earth. He would be recognized world wide as Fidel Castro. Born near Biran Cuba he grew up on his mother
And fathers 200 acre sugar cane plantation (Groiler 1996 n. Page).
When Castro turned age six he was sent away to a parochial school for children of the Aflon in Santiago where he was known to be a little bit of a hell raiser. Although he was very capiable of doing his work, he was reluctant to do so if it didn't interest him. After years of struggling through school Castro then attended the University of Havana where he graduated with a low degree on 1950 (One Biography n. Page) many of his friends and associated pushed him to become a member of the orthodox party of Cuba where be became the leader and was about to go up against Batista in a federal election but the election was called of by Fulgencia Batista. Castro tried many times to take legal action against Batista but failed. This led him to use violence. On July 26, 1953 he led an attack on Moncada army barracks which failed. Castro was charged and sentenced to fifteen years in prison. While being arrested Fidel uttered the line "condom me it does not matter history will resolve me". He was released after 2 years due to the citizens support. (Biography n. Page)
In October of 1955 Castro announced the formation of his 26th of July movement aimed at toppling Fulgencio Batista.
He then went into exile in Mexico vowing to return to Cuba in order to...

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