The communist dictator who seized power in Cuba in 1959 was
D. Fidel Castro.
Further explanation
From 1952, when the general Fulgencio Batista became the leader of Cuba till 1959 he succeeded to replace him, Fidel Castro struggled violently to get the control of his country. Attacks, years of jail, the death of his friends, the upcoming dictator didn’t have any limits to reach his goal. After three years of Guerrilla against the army of Batista, hidden in the forest with his friends, especially the famous revolutionary Ché Guevara, he finally succeeds to seize power the 1st January 1959 just after the escape of the Cuban president in Spain, to keep it 49 years till February 2008.
Fidel Castro was a member of the communist block, partner of URSS, he turns his country into a place where human rights and freedoms were not respected anymore. He legalized back the death penalty for his opponents and changed the economy into a communist system. The Cubans refugees, from the United States, with the help of the CIA, tried in 1961 to make him fall, during the famous bay of pigs invasion, but this military attack failed. No-one and nothing could change the fate of this small island during those 49 years, but today, we can see some small changes who make us hope a better future for Cuba.
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Answer details
Grade: High school
Subject: History
Chapter: Communist dictators
Keywords: Fidel Castro, Cuba, revolution, communism, communist dictator, Ché Guevara
