COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Nationalization of American assets provoked the US greatly
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Communist
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Helping countries in need
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Pushing nationalist away from the Soviet Union
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Detailed explanation-1: -The longest-serving non-royal head of state in the 20th and 21st centuries, Castro polarized opinion throughout the world. His supporters view him as a champion of socialism and anti-imperialism whose revolutionary government advanced economic and social justice while securing Cuba’s independence from US hegemony.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the immediate aftermath of the revolution, Castro’s government began a program of nationalization, centralization of the press and political consolidation that transformed Cuba’s economy and civil society.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-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".