USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state; industry and business were nationalized, and socialist reforms were implemented throughout society.

Detailed explanation-2: -On August 6, 1960, the Cuban government, under President Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado and Prime Minister Fidel Castro, nationalized all American owned oil refineries located within Cuba’s national borders. Along with sugar factories and mines, Cuba seized approximately $1.7 billion in U.S. oil assets.

Detailed explanation-3: -The USA did not like Castro and refused to trade with Cuba, as a result Castro seized American assets in Cuba and made an alliance with the USSR. President Kennedy tried to overthrow Castro in April 1961. 1, 400 Cuban rebels and exiles, with the support of the CIA, launched an invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Cuban communist revolutionary and politician Fidel Castro took part in the Cuban Revolution from 1953 to 1959. Following on from his early life, Castro decided to fight for the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista’s military junta by founding a paramilitary organization, “The Movement".