Today Nick is going to continue is presentation on the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Soviets publicly refused to agree to the demand that they would dismantle the weapons, however, the secretly agreed to resolve the crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis ended on October 28, 1962. The deal that was made said that we would never invade Cuba and also to take our nuclear missiles out of Turkey within six months. The Soviets agreed to dismantle their weapons and return them to the Soviet Union.
Now Austin is presenting on Fidel Castro's rise to power and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He started presenting on Fidel Castro. His full name is Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz. Near the end 1945 Castro entered law school at the University of Havana. Castro joined an Anti-American trip that went to Bogota, Columbia. Juan Peron paid for the trip. Peron was the army colonial and president of Argentina. After Fidel Castro got married in 1948 the family started to have poor economic health. He didn't work because he was so busy with school so he made the other people in his family pay for his things. Since his family did not have much money his married became strained. Finally in 1950 Castro graduated with a Doctor of Laws Degree and started a small business in Havana. His graduation was not long before the Cuban Revolution started.
The Cuban Revolution officially started when General Fulgencio Batista attacked Santiago Chile. This attack was known as the Moncada Barracks because Batista focused on this one area during his attack. Castro was not executed for some reason after this attack. After being captured Castro wanted to overthrow Batista and all the other Cuban exiles that took part in the Moncada Barracks. Castro decided that if he was going to defeat Batista then he would need new tactics, so he decided to start using underground guerilla tactics. Batista launched Operation Verano to defeat Castro, however, Castro's forces defeated the entire batallion. On January 8, 1959, Castro and his army went into Havana victoriously. Castro became the new leader of Cuba on that day. Castro was declared Provisional President by Dr. Urrutia and on February 16, 1959, Castro became the Prime Minister of Cuba. His slogan was "Revolution Now, Election Later."
Comments