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

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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