Essays on Fidel Castro

‘The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food security, culture, science, and wellbeing… is what I want for all,’ was written by the Cuban leader Fidel Castro in his article, Reality and Dreams (Castro-Ruz). Fidel Castro is most widely known for his impressive 49 years as leader of Cuba, the longest time...

“A revolution is not a bed of roses. A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past” (“Bustle”). Fidel Castro was a political leader of Cuba who transformed his country into the first communist country in the entire Western Hemisphere. The communist revolutionary, who was one of the most prominent...

Born the third illegitimate child of a wealthy plantation owner and his mistress maid, he was afforded a privileged upbringing. Sending lots of time with the laborers on his father’s lands, he developed empathy the poor Cubans. While attending boarding school, he soon proved his rebellion for authority and was expelled, only to return to...