Lazarillo De Tormes

Daniel Alejandro Perez Diaz
Ninth
Social studies
The Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution is the term which designates the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista by the July 26 Movement and the establishment of the new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro at the beginning of 1959. The revolution began with the assault on the Moncada Barracks in the July 26, 1953 and ends on January 1, 1959,when Batista fled the country, and the cities of Santa Clara and Santiago de Cuba were seized by the rebels, led by Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, respectively. The term "Cuban Revolution" is also used to refererise the period from 1959 to the present and the adoption of the principles of Marxism, Leninism and Marti for the Cuban government.

Fulgencio Batista in May 1952 and took power through acoup. More than 60 years of struggle for independence, it was possible at that time as elections would take place.
A major feature of the Batista government was supporting the Americans, which caused the total rejection of the sugar bourgeoisie, as a result of this limited domestic sugar harvest, which could be prevented from trading the product with the socialist bloc countries, accepting thatAmericans do not acquire the shares of historically agreed product.

After that, Fidel Castro, who was a lawyer son of a landowner, asked the courts to prosecute the dictator, for violating six articles pertaining to social protection code when it came to power in a coup. Obviously, the demand could not be consummated, as Fidel Castro, understood that the only way to get their task wasthrough revolution.

He planned an attack on a major arms storage depot located in Santiago de Cuba, known as the Moncada Barracks, this happened on July 26, 1953. This was a failure, then to end the fighting Batista's troops killed the guerrillas, following the arrest of Fidel this and some of the survivors had to make a report to the courts, where people complained of poverty, corruption, the extravagance andwaste of the
oligarchy and the urgent need for changes in political, economic, social and cultural, these reasons, they argue, forced them to act that way. As stated by Castro "The assault on the Moncada not means the triumph of the Revolution at the moment, but pointed the way and outlined a program of national liberation that would open the door of socialism” Fidel remained in prison until bymeans of a national movement and the amnesty to political prison, was released and exiled to Mexico in 1955.
The war in sierra maestra

On July 12, 1957, being supported by the people, the guerrillas raided towns and prisons were released to local politicians. Here are the first expressed wishes of a Liberal government, demanding press freedom and a line up. The rebels were divided in twoplaces, the Plains and the Sierra, causing a local counterattack Batista's army, destroying not only the guerrillas but also the people, getting back off the guerrillas, and forced to take refuge in saw in April 1958.

Fidel's men attacked powerfully to the plains of central Cuba, thus eliminating the military-political space here for 7 months. The president attacked the guerrilla offensive bysending more than 10,000 men, after spending 2 months in the struggle, Batista lost over 1,000 men, adding 450 prisoners, and giving the rebels arms 600. In August of 1958, withdrew from the Sierra, Camilo Cienfuegos, who was a revolutionary, he moved his troops to Pinar del Rio, and Che took theirs to the Villas, located in central Cuba. In December of that same year, two columns of the guerrillaarmy took a few villages in the area of ​​the Villas, splitting the country into two parts. Che led his troops to fight in Santa Clara, capital of the viles.

Batista leaves the government and exiled abroad the January 1, 1959. The columns of the guerrillas began their march on Havana. It answers the call of general strike, given by Fidel Castro and the country is paralyzed. On the other hand,...