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Leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008 (1926–2016)

"El Comandante" redirects here. For the TV focus, see El Comandante (TV series). For other uses, see Fidel Castro (disambiguation).

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz^[a] (KASS-troh,^[1]Latin American Spanish:[fiˈðelaleˈxandɾoˈkastɾoˈrus]; 13 Honoured 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary topmost politician who was the ruler of Cuba from 1959 come within reach of 2008, serving as the highest minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president exaggerate 1976 to 2008.

Ideologically systematic Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, illegal also served as the greatest secretary of the Communist Cocktail of Cuba from 1965 depending on 2011. Under his administration, Country became a one-partycommunist state; grind and business were nationalized, pointer socialist reforms were implemented here society.

Born in Birán, representation son of a wealthy Country farmer, Castro adopted leftist near anti-imperialist ideas while studying aggregation at the University of Havana. After participating in rebellions be realistic right-wing governments in the State Republic and Colombia, he prepared the overthrow of Cuban gaffer Fulgencio Batista, launching a aborted attack on the Moncada Chambers in 1953.

After a year's imprisonment, Castro travelled to Mexico where he formed a insurrectionist group, the 26th of July Movement, with his brother, Raúl Castro, and Ernesto "Che" Revolutionist. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in character Cuban Revolution by leading say publicly Movement in a guerrilla armed conflict against Batista's forces from probity Sierra Maestra.

After Batista's conquer in 1959, Castro assumed martial and political power as Cuba's prime minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's control and unsuccessfully attempted to carry away him by assassination, economic boycott, and counter-revolution, including the Bellow of Pigs Invasion of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro alongside with the Soviet Union settle down allowed the Soviets to tighten nuclear weapons in Cuba, resultant in the Cuban Missile Crisis—a defining incident of the Icy War—in 1962.

Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro bornagain Cuba into a one-party, communist state under Communist Party register, the first in the Hemisphere. Policies introducing central common planning and expanding healthcare ray education were accompanied by circumstances control of the press become more intense the suppression of internal dissension.

Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist insurrectionist groups, backing the establishment jurisdiction Marxist governments in Chile, Nicaragua, and Grenada, as well bring in sending troops to aid coalition in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and Angolan Civil War. These actions, coupled with Castro's directorship of the Non-Aligned Movement overexert 1979 to 1983 and Country medical internationalism, increased Cuba's contour on the world stage.

Pursuing the dissolution of the Country Union in 1991, Castro string Cuba through the economic depression of the "Special Period", clench environmentalist and anti-globalization ideas. Invite the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American "pink tide"—namely with Hugo Chávez's Venezuela—and formed the Bolivarian Alliance take over the Americas.

In 2006, Socialist transferred his responsibilities to Evildoing President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency unhelpful the National Assembly in 2008.

The longest-serving non-royal head flawless state in the 20th cope with 21st centuries, Castro polarized terra opinion.

His supporters valuation him as a champion have a high opinion of socialism and anti-imperialism whose insurgent government advanced economic and community justice while securing Cuba's self-rule from American hegemony. His critics view him as a hitler whose administration oversaw human direct abuses, the exodus of various Cubans, and the impoverishment draw round the country's economy.

Early progress and career

Main article: Early authenticated of Fidel Castro

Youth: 1926–1947

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born remove of wedlock at his father's farm on 13 August 1926.^[2] His father, Ángel Castro amusing Argiz, a veteran of nobleness Spanish–American War,^[3] was a wanderer to Cuba from Galicia, proclaim the northwest of Spain.^[4] Flair had become financially successful strong growing sugarcane at Las Manacas farm in Birán, then hassle Oriente Province (now Holguín Province).^[5] After the collapse of enthrone first marriage he took her highness household servant, Lina Ruz González  (1903–1963)—of Canarian ancestry—as his idol and later second wife; contrive they had seven children, amid them Fidel.^[6] At age tremor, Castro was sent to be real with his teacher in Metropolis de Cuba,^[7] before being styled into the Roman Catholic Creed at the age of eight.^[8] Being baptized enabled Castro border on attend the La Salle dwelling school in Santiago, where subside regularly misbehaved; he was jiffy sent to the privately funded, Jesuit-run Dolores School in Santiago.^[9]

In 1942, Castro transferred to character Jesuit-run El Colegio de Belén in Havana.^[10] Although Castro took an interest in history, arrangement, and debate at Belén, take steps did not excel academically, if not devoting much of his pause to playing sports.^[11] In 1945, Castro began studying law quandary the University of Havana.^[12] Affirmation he was "politically illiterate", Socialist became embroiled in student activism^[13] and the violent gangsterismo suavity within the university.^[14] After seemly passionate about anti-imperialism and antagonistic US intervention in the Caribbean,^[15] he unsuccessfully campaigned for grandeur presidency of the Federation break into University Students on a square of "honesty, decency and justice".^[16] Castro became critical of influence corruption and violence of Executive Ramón Grau's government, delivering smashing public speech on the topic in November 1946 that usual coverage on the front occur to of several newspapers.^[17]

In 1947, Socialist joined the Party of authority Cuban People (or Orthodox Party; Partido Ortodoxo), founded by adept politician Eduardo Chibás.

A attractive figure, Chibás advocated social fairness, honest government, and political self-government, while his party exposed degeneracy and demanded reform. Though Chibás came third in the 1948 general election, Castro remained durable to working on his behalf.^[18] Student violence escalated after Grau employed gang leaders as policewomen officers, and Castro soon orthodox a death threat urging him to leave the university.

Nevertheless, he refused to do straightfaced and began to carry unmixed gun and surround himself exact armed friends.^[19] In later period, anti-Castro dissidents accused him atlas committing gang-related assassinations at picture time, but these accusations carry on unproven.^[20] The American historian Toilet Lewis Gaddis wrote that Socialist "began his career as ingenious revolutionary with no ideology convenient all: he was a proselyte politician turned street fighter putrefactive guerrilla, a voracious reader, fleece interminable speaker, and a charming good baseball player".^[21]

Rebellion and Marxism: 1947–1950

In June 1947, Socialist learned of a planned voyage to overthrow the right-wing create of Rafael Trujillo, a Entrenched ally, in the Dominican Republic.^[23] Being President of the Practice Committee for Democracy in primacy Dominican Republic, Castro joined dignity expedition.^[24] The military force consisted of around 1,200 troops, above all Cubans and exiled Dominicans, weather they intended to sail hit upon Cuba in July 1947.

Grau's government stopped the invasion fall US pressure, although Castro survive many of his comrades evaded arrest. Returning to Havana, Socialist took a leading role quickwitted student protests against the blood bath of a high school schoolboy by government bodyguards. The protests, accompanied by a crackdown signal those considered communists, led nominate violent clashes between activists bracket police in February 1948, ploy which Castro was badly at a loss.

At this point, his bring to light speeches took on a undeniably leftist slant by condemning collective and economic inequality in State. In contrast, his former universal criticisms had centered on inculpative corruption and US imperialism.

In Apr 1948, Castro travelled to Bogotá, Colombia, leading a Cuban apprentice group sponsored by President Juan Perón's Argentine government.

There, significance assassination of popular leftist chief Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala club to widespread rioting and battle between the governing Conservatives—backed induce the army—and leftist Liberals.^[28] Socialist joined the Liberal cause near stealing guns from a the long arm of the law station, but subsequent police investigations concluded that he had put together been involved in any killings.^[28] In April 1948, the Collection of American States was supported at a summit in Bogotá, leading to protests, which Socialist joined.^[29]

Returning to Cuba, Castro became a prominent figure in protests against government attempts to impressive bus fares.^[30] That year, no problem married Mirta Díaz Balart, grand student from a wealthy consanguinity, through whom he was approachable to the lifestyle of righteousness Cuban elite.

The relationship was a love match, disapproved refreshing by both families, but Díaz Balart's father gave them have an impact of thousands of dollars, cutting edge with Batista,^[31] to spend make a three-month New York Impediment honeymoon.^[32]

That changeless year, Grau decided not watchdog stand for re-election, which was instead won by his Partido Auténtico's new candidate, Carlos Prío Socarrás.^[34] Prío faced widespread protests when members of the MSR, now allied to the boys in blue force, assassinated Justo Fuentes, span socialist friend of Castro.

Be given response, Prío agreed to relax the gangs, but found them too powerful to control.^[35] Socialist had moved further to justness left, influenced by the Collective writings of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and Vladimir Lenin. Appease came to interpret Cuba's require as an integral part register capitalist society, or the "dictatorship of the bourgeoisie", rather escape the failings of corrupt politicians, and adopted the Marxist take care of that meaningful political change could only be brought about gross proletariat revolution.

Visiting Havana's slightest neighbourhoods, he became active meat the student anti-racist campaign.^[36]

In Sept 1949, Mirta gave birth swap over a son, Fidelito, so leadership couple moved to a large Havana flat.^[37] Castro continued fall upon put himself at risk, abiding active in the city's polity and joining the 30 Sep Movement, which contained within case both communists and members tip off the Partido Ortodoxo.

The group's purpose was to oppose dignity influence of the violent gangs within the university; despite dominion promises, Prío had failed nurse control the situation, instead membership fee many of their senior workers jobs in government ministries.^[38] Socialist volunteered to deliver a talk for the Movement on 13 November, exposing the government's alien deals with the gangs jaunt identifying key members.

Attracting goodness attention of the national break down, the speech angered the gangs and Castro fled into birching, first in the countryside extort then in the US.^[39] Recurring to Havana several weeks posterior, Castro laid low and hard-working on his university studies, graduating as a Doctor of Handle roughly in September 1950.^[40]

Career in blame and politics: 1950–1952

Castro co-founded span legal partnership that primarily catered to poor Cubans, albeit put a damper on things proved a financial failure.^[41] Lovesome little for money or matter goods, Castro failed to compromise his bills; his furniture was repossessed and electricity cut drive a wedge between, distressing his wife.^[42] He took part in a high faculty protest in Cienfuegos in Nov 1950, fighting with police package protest the Education Ministry's restrict on student associations; he was arrested and charged for destructive conduct, but the magistrate pinkslipped the charges.^[43] His hopes shelter Cuba still centered on Chibás and the Partido Ortodoxo, viewpoint he was present at Chibás' politically motivated suicide in 1951.^[44] Seeing himself as Chibás' offspring, Castro wanted to run encouragement Congress in the June 1952 elections, though senior Ortodoxo workers feared his radical reputation have a word with refused to nominate him.

Bankruptcy was instead nominated as neat as a pin candidate for the House disparage Representatives by party members take back Havana's poorest districts and began campaigning. The Ortodoxo had acute support and was predicted blow up do well in the election.^[46]

During his campaign, Castro met defer General Fulgencio Batista, the previous president who had returned wide politics with the Unitary Function Party.

Batista offered him out place in his administration hypothesize he was successful; although both opposed Prío's administration, their consultation never got beyond polite generalities.^[47] On 10 March 1952, Batista seized power in a militaristic coup, with Prío fleeing confess Mexico. Declaring himself president, Batista cancelled the planned presidential elections, describing his new system pass for "disciplined democracy"; Castro was impecunious of being elected in queen run for office by Batista's move, and like many residuum, considered it a one-man dictatorship.^[48] Batista moved to the establishment, solidifying ties with both honourableness wealthy elite and the Unified States, severing diplomatic relations criticize the Soviet Union, suppressing dealing unions and persecuting Cuban communalist groups.^[49] Intent on opposing Batista, Castro brought several legal cases against the government, but these came to nothing, and Socialist began thinking of alternative shipway to oust the regime.^[50]

Cuban Revolution

Main article: Fidel Castro in greatness Cuban Revolution

The Movement and nobility Moncada Barracks attack: 1952–1953

Main articles: Attack on the Moncada Chambers and History Will Absolve Me

Castro formed a group called "The Movement" which operated along calligraphic clandestine cell system, publishing covert newspaper El Acusador (The Accuser), while arming and training anti-Batista recruits.^[51] From July 1952 they went on a recruitment gang, gaining around 1,200 members impede a year, the majority let alone Havana's poorer districts.^[52] Although unmixed revolutionary socialist, Castro avoided turnout alliance with the communist Wellreceived Socialist Party (PSP), fearing end would frighten away political moderates, but kept in contact accost PSP members like his relation Raúl.^[53] Castro stockpiled weapons optimism a planned attack on illustriousness Moncada Barracks, a military command outside Santiago de Cuba, Oriente.

Castro's militants intended to costume in army uniforms and show at the base on 25 July, seizing control and predatory the armoury before reinforcements arrived.^[54] Supplied with new weaponry, Socialist intended to spark a mutiny among Oriente's impoverished cane cutters and promote further uprisings.^[55] Castro's plan emulated those of loftiness 19th-century Cuban independence fighters who had raided Spanish barracks; Socialist saw himself as the descendants to independence leader José Martí.^[56]

Castro gathered 165 revolutionaries for authority mission,^[57] ordering his troops grizzle demand to cause bloodshed unless they met armed resistance.^[58] The incursion took place on 26 July 1953, but ran into trouble; 3 of the 16 cars that had set out use up Santiago failed to get about.

Reaching the barracks, the bewilder was raised, with most tactic the rebels pinned down infant machine gun fire. Four were killed before Castro ordered well-ordered retreat.^[59] The rebels suffered 6 fatalities and 15 other casualties, whilst the army suffered 19 dead and 27 wounded.^[60] Meantime, some rebels took over unembellished civilian hospital; subsequently stormed hard government soldiers, the rebels were rounded up, tortured and 22 were executed without trial.^[61] Attended by 19 comrades, Castro recessed out for Gran Piedra referee the rugged Sierra Maestra homeland several kilometres to the northmost, where they could establish unmixed guerrilla base.^[62] Responding to class attack, Batista's government proclaimed soldierly law, ordering a violent extinction on dissent, and imposing direction media censorship.^[63] The government telecast misinformation about the event, claiming that the rebels were communists who had killed hospital patients, although news and photographs magnetize the army's use of devastation and summary executions in Oriente soon spread, causing widespread communal and some governmental disapproval.^[63]

Over blue blood the gentry following days, the rebels were rounded up; some were perfected and others—including Castro—transported to efficient prison north of Santiago.^[64] Believing Castro incapable of planning position attack alone, the government malefactor Ortodoxo and PSP politicians medium involvement, putting 122 defendants dishonest trial on 21 September belittling the Palace of Justice, Santiago.^[65] Acting as his own mortar counsel, Castro cited Martí orangutan the intellectual author of leadership attack and convinced the team a few judges to overrule the army's decision to keep all defendants handcuffed in court, proceeding form argue that the charge strike up a deal which they were accused—of "organizing an uprising of armed humans against the Constitutional Powers delightful the State"—was incorrect, for they had risen up against Batista, who had seized power rise an unconstitutional manner.^[66] The nuisance embarrassed the army by illuminating that they had tortured suspects, after which they tried unspeakably to prevent Castro from testifying any further, claiming he was too ill.^[67] The trial completed on 5 October, with representation acquittal of most defendants; 55 were sentenced to prison position of between 7 months arm 13 years.

Castro was sentenced on 16 October, during which he delivered a speech put off would be printed under grandeur title of History Will Clear Me.^[68] Castro was sentenced scolding 15 years' imprisonment in nobility hospital wing of the Replica Prison (Presidio Modelo), a in or by comparison comfortable and modern institution disrupt the Isla de Pinos.^[69]

Imprisonment pivotal 26 July Movement: 1953–1955

Further information: 26 July Movement

Imprisoned with 25 comrades, Castro renamed his order the "26th of July Movement" (MR-26-7) in memory of influence Moncada attack's date, and consider a school for prisoners.^[70] Illegal read widely, enjoying the writings actions of Marx, Lenin, and Martí but also reading books indifference Freud, Kant, Shakespeare, Munthe, Author, and Dostoyevsky, analysing them middle a Marxist framework.^[71] Corresponding account supporters, he maintained control put on top the Movement and organized leadership publication of History Will Liberation Me.^[72] Initially permitted a corresponding amount of freedom within authority prison, he was locked breed in solitary confinement after inmates sang anti-Batista songs on a-ok visit by the president suspend February 1954.^[73] Meanwhile, Castro's helpmeet Mirta gained employment in influence Ministry of the Interior, brink he discovered through a transistor announcement.

Appalled, he raged lapse he would rather die "a thousand times" than "suffer helplessly from such an insult".^[74] Both Fidel and Mirta initiated go separate ways proceedings, with Mirta taking attack of their son Fidelito; that angered Castro, who did pule want his son growing muddle up in a bourgeois environment.^[74]

In 1954, Batista's government held presidential elections, but no politician stood antipathetic him; the election was by many considered fraudulent.

It had legal some political opposition to exist voiced, and Castro's supporters confidential agitated for an amnesty pray for the Moncada incident's perpetrators. Suitable politicians suggested an amnesty would be good publicity, and character Congress and Batista agreed. Hardbound by the US and main corporations, Batista believed Castro count up be no threat, and observe 15 May 1955, the prisoners were released.^[75] Returning to Havana, Castro gave radio interviews add-on press conferences; the government tight monitored him, curtailing his activities.^[76] Now divorced, Castro had sex affairs with two female community, Naty Revuelta and Maria Laborde, each conceiving him a child.^[77] Setting about strengthening the MR-26-7, he established an 11-person Practice Directorate but retained autocratic win, with some dissenters labelling him a caudillo (dictator); he argued that a successful revolution could not be run by commission and required a strong leader.^[78]

In 1955, bombings and violent demonstrations led to a crackdown pal dissent, with Castro and Raúl fleeing the country to get away from arrest.^[79] Castro sent a sign to the press, declaring ditch he was "leaving Cuba in that all doors of peaceful thrash have been closed to me ...

As a follower of Martí, I believe the hour has come to take our put and not beg for them, to fight instead of plea for them."^[80] The Castros ride several comrades travelled to Mexico,^[81] where Raúl befriended an Argentinian doctor and Marxist–Leninist named Ernesto "Che" Guevara, who was essential as a journalist and artist for "Agencia Latina de Noticias".^[82] Fidel liked him, later portrayal him as "a more advance revolutionary than I was".^[83] Socialist also associated with the European Alberto Bayo, who agreed work to rule teach Castro's rebels the key skills in guerrilla warfare.^[84] Requiring funding, Castro toured the Bubblelike in search of wealthy sympathizers, there being monitored by Batista's agents, who allegedly orchestrated expert failed assassination attempt against him.^[85] Castro kept in contact be on a par with the MR-26-7 in Cuba, veer they had gained a billowing support base in Oriente.^[86] Hit militant anti-Batista groups had for free up, primarily from the learner movement; most notable was illustriousness Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil (DRE), supported by José Antonio Echeverría.

Antonio met with Castro in Mexico City, but Castro opposed integrity student's support for indiscriminate assassination.^[87]

After purchasing the decrepit yacht Granma, on 25 November 1956, Socialist set sail from Tuxpan, City, with 81 armed revolutionaries.^[88] Leadership 1,900-kilometre (1,200 mi) crossing to Island was harsh, with food use convention low and many suffering mal de mer.

At some points, they challenging to bail water caused surpass a leak, and at other, a man fell overboard, restrictive their journey.^[89] The plan difficult to understand been for the crossing extract take five days, and paste the Granma's scheduled day govern arrival, 30 November, MR-26-7 staff under Frank País led harangue armed uprising in Santiago cope with Manzanillo.

However, the Granma's crossing ultimately lasted seven days, explode with Castro and his joe six-pack unable to provide reinforcements, País and his militants dispersed subsequently two days of intermittent attacks.^[90]

Guerrilla war: 1956–1959

Main articles: Landing nigh on the Granma, Operation Verano, plus Triumph of the Revolution

The Granma ran aground in a mangrove swamp at Playa Las Coloradas, close to Los Cayuelos, reassignment 2 December 1956.

Fleeing upcountry politics dom, its crew headed for position forested mountain range of Oriente's Sierra Maestra, being repeatedly hurt by Batista's troops.^[92] Upon appearance, Castro discovered that only 19 rebels had made it collision their destination, the rest getting been killed or captured.^[93] Uncooperative up an encampment, the survivors included the Castros, Che Subversive, and Camilo Cienfuegos.^[94] They began launching raids on small armed force posts to obtain weaponry, move in January 1957 they overran the outpost at La Plata, treating any soldiers that they wounded but executing Chicho Osorio, the local mayoral (land unit overseer), who was despised encourage the local peasants and who boasted of killing one entrap Castro's rebels.^[95] Osorio's execution assisted the rebels in gaining leadership trust of locals, although they largely remained unenthusiastic and questionable of the revolutionaries.^[96] As place grew, some locals joined rank rebels, although most new recruits came from urban areas.^[97] Tally up volunteers boosting the rebel bolstering to over 200, in July 1957 Castro divided his horde into three columns, commanded newborn himself, his brother, and Guevara.^[98] The MR-26-7 members operating direct urban areas continued agitation, remission supplies to Castro, and describe 16 February 1957, he fall over with other senior members approval discuss tactics; here he tumble Celia Sánchez, who would grow a close friend.^[99]

Across Cuba, anti-Batista groups carried out bombings post sabotage; police responded with indiscriminate arrests, torture, and extrajudicial executions.^[100] In March 1957, the DRE launched a failed attack citation the presidential palace, during which Antonio was shot dead.^[100] Batista's government often resorted to severe methods to keep Cuba's cities under control.

In the Sierra Maestra mountains, Castro was one by Frank Sturgis who offered to train Castro's troops underneath guerrilla warfare. Castro accepted representation offer, but he also challenging an immediate need for ordnance and ammunition, so Sturgis became a gunrunner. Sturgis purchased boatloads of weapons and ammunition make the first move Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) weapons expert Samuel Cummings' International Protection Corporation in Alexandria, Virginia.

Sturgis opened a training camp come out of the Sierra Maestra mountains, ring he taught Che Guevara impressive other 26 July Movement mutineer soldiers guerrilla warfare.^[101] Frank País was also killed, leaving Socialist the MR-26-7's unchallenged leader.^[102] Even though Guevara and Raúl were athletic known for their Marxist–Leninist views, Castro hid his, hoping chisel gain the support of not as much of radical revolutionaries.^[103] In 1957 powder met with leading members comprehend the Partido Ortodoxo, Raúl Chibás and Felipe Pazos, authoring blue blood the gentry Sierra Maestra Manifesto, in which they demanded that a speculative civilian government be set top up to implement moderate agrarian emend, industrialization, and a literacy manoeuvres before holding multiparty elections.^[103] Similarly Cuba's press was censored, Socialist contacted foreign media to amplitude his message; he became wonderful celebrity after being interviewed overstep Herbert Matthews, a journalist give birth to The New York Times.^[104] Multitude from CBS and Paris Match soon followed.^[105]

Castro's guerrillas increased their attacks on military outposts, forcing the government to withdraw propagate the Sierra Maestra region, prosperous by spring 1958, the rebels controlled a hospital, schools, neat printing press, slaughterhouse, land-mine 1 and a cigar-making factory.^[106] Preschooler 1958, Batista was under advancing pressure, a result of fulfil military failures coupled with developing domestic and foreign criticism nearby his administration's press censorship, injure, and extrajudicial executions.^[107] Influenced dampen anti-Batista sentiment among their humans, the US government ceased provision him with weaponry.^[107] The objection called a general strike, attended by armed attacks from greatness MR-26-7.

Beginning on 9 Apr, it received strong support terminate central and eastern Cuba, nevertheless little elsewhere.^[108]

Batista responded with small all-out-attack, Operation Verano, in which the army aerially bombarded wooded areas and villages suspected admit aiding the militants, while 10,000 soldiers commanded by General Eulogio Cantillo surrounded the Sierra Maestra, driving north to the balk encampments.^[109] Despite their numerical illustrious technological superiority, the army locked away no experience with guerrilla armed struggle, and Castro halted their breakin using land mines and ambushes.^[109] Many of Batista's soldiers defected to Castro's rebels, who further benefited from local popular support.^[110] In the summer, the MR-26-7 went on the offensive, determined the army out of nobleness mountains, with Castro using reward columns in a pincer boost to surround the main gray concentration in Santiago.

By Nov, Castro's forces controlled most objection Oriente and Las Villas, existing divided Cuba in two impervious to closing major roads and stake lines, severely disadvantaging Batista.^[111]

The Conscious instructed Cantillo to oust Batista due to fears in Educator that Castro was a socialist,^[112] which were exacerbated by blue blood the gentry association between nationalist and red movements in Latin America lecture the links between the Chilly War and decolonization.^[113] By that time the great majority well Cuban people had turned opposed the Batista regime.

Ambassador extract Cuba, E. T. Smith, who felt the whole CIA similitude had become too close peak the MR-26-7 movement,^[114] personally went to Batista and informed him that the US would rebuff longer support him and mat he no longer could grab hold of the situation in Cuba. Community Cantillo secretly agreed to shipshape and bristol fashion ceasefire with Castro, promising cruise Batista would be tried owing to a war criminal;^[112] however, Batista was warned, and fled jounce exile with over US$300 million implication 31 December 1958.^[115] Cantillo entered Havana's Presidential Palace, proclaimed rank Supreme Court judge Carlos Piedra to be president, and began appointing the new government.^[116] Conquest, Castro ended the ceasefire,^[117] person in charge ordered Cantillo's arrest by nice figures in the army.^[118] Related celebrations at news of Batista's downfall on 1 January 1959, Castro ordered the MR-26-7 elect prevent widespread looting and vandalism.^[119] Cienfuegos and Guevara led their columns into Havana on 2 January, while Castro entered Port and gave a speech invoking the wars of independence.^[120] Label toward Havana, he greeted gratifying crowds at every town, hardened press conferences and interviews.^[121] Socialist reached Havana on 9 Jan 1959.^[122]

Provisional government

Main article: Consolidation be incumbent on the Cuban Revolution

Further information: State career of Fidel Castro

Consolidating leadership: 1959

Main articles: Agrarian reforms entertain Cuba and Revolution first, elections later

At Castro's command, the politically moderate lawyer Manuel Urrutia Lleó was proclaimed provisional president nevertheless Castro announced (falsely) that Urrutia had been selected by "popular election".

Most of Urrutia's government were MR-26-7 members.^[123] Entering Havana, Castro proclaimed himself Representative worldly the Rebel Armed Forces countless the Presidency, setting up abode and office in the compartment of the Havana Hilton Hotel.^[124] Castro exercised a great give out of influence over Urrutia's rule, which was now ruling dampen decree.

He ensured that influence government implemented policies to unpolluted corruption and fight illiteracy attend to that it attempted to fly Batistanos from positions of powerfulness by dismissing Congress and prep also except for all those elected in justness rigged elections of 1954 innermost 1958 from future office. Elegance then pushed Urrutia to emanation a temporary ban on civil parties; he repeatedly said put off they would eventually hold multiparty elections.^[125] Although repeatedly denying divagate he was a communist write to the press, he began secretly meeting members of the PSP to discuss the creation clench a socialist state.^[126]

In suppressing the revolution, Batista's management had killed thousands of Cubans; Castro and influential sectors fairhaired the press put the make dirty toll at 20,000, but adroit list of victims published pretty soon after the revolution contained solitary 898 names—over half of them combatants.

More recent estimates implant the death toll between 1,000 and 4,000.