Fidel, A Man Who Creates Controversy & Raul Castro "His Brother"

Fidel, a man who creates controversy & Raul Castro “His Brother”

Rated by the magazine TIME as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, Fidel Castro Ruz, has been a man who generates controversy, how would you describe the own article which includes in addition to American Presidents, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Some call it the second Jesus Christ, while for others it is the devil personified, however when he is speaking of the history of the second half of the 20th century and early 21st, will have to mention it unquestionably. Was born on August 13, 1926 in Birán, a town in the Eastern Province of Holguin. Angel and Lina, parents came from families of farmers, the first of Galicia, Spain, and his mother from Pinar del Rio, West of Cuba. In a rural public school, he learned to read and write, and then continued the primary level the Catholic private schools of La Salle and Dolores, in the city of Santiago de Cuba. He later moved to Havana to complete their Bachelor studies in letters at the Colegio de Belén, of the Society of Jesus. The Jesuits in Bethlehem told him: "Fidel Castro was always distinguished in all subjects related to the letters (...) It was a real athlete, he has managed to win the admiration and affection of all. It will be a law and we have no doubt that you will fill with glossy pages the book of your life. Fidel has wood and do not miss the artist." In 1945, he enrolled in the Universidad de La Habana (UH) as aspiring to the title of Doctor in law and public accountant that institution would begin to form his revolutionary thinking. At the University "I had not any political culture, or in the economic order, social order, or the ideological agenda", he expressed in an interview to the Italian Publisher Giancomo Feltrinelli. Political awareness - later explained to the Brazilian theologian Frei Betto - not purchased it because it proceeded from a poor, rural, humble proletarian class, but through thinking, reasoning and the development of a feeling and a deep conviction. As part of his political activity in those years, he organized and participated in countless acts of protest and denunciation of the bosom of the students, where he held various positions in the University student Federation, against the political and social situation in the country. More than once he was beaten or imprisoned by repressive forces. His Marxist thought was formed during their college student. Supporter of the party of the Cuban people (Orthodox), of progressive trend, participated actively from 1948 in the political campaigns of that party and, in particular, of its principal leader, Eduardo Chibás. He graduated as a Doctor in Civil law and a degree in law diplomat in 1950. From his law firm, was devoted mainly to defend people and humble sectors. Upon the occurrence of the State of Fulgencio Batista coup on 10 March 1952, was the first to denounce the reactionary and illegitimate nature of the regime than de facto and call for his overthrow. He organized and trained a large contingent of more than a thousand young workers, employees and students, which came mainly from Orthodox ranks. With 160 of them, on July 26, 1953 he commanded the assault the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba and Bayamo barracks, in an action conceived as a trigger for armed struggle against the Batista regime. Fail factor surprise, was taken prisoner later put on trial and sentenced to 15 years in prison. He took his self-defense before the Court which judged him, and uttered the allegation known as history will absolve me, that outlined the program of the future revolution in Cuba. As a result of strong pressure and grassroots campaigns, he was released in May 1955. In the subsequent weeks he deployed an intense work of agitation and denunciation, and founded the 26th of July movement to continue the revolutionary struggle. Along with other prominent revolutionaries were training with long walks through the streets of the city of Mexico, scaling mountains, self-defense tactics of guerrillas and shooting practice. They bought the yacht Granma, which sailed toward Cuba at dawn on November 25, 1956, from the Río Tuxpan, with 82 combatants on board, whose average age was 27 years. After 7 days at sea, landed on 2 December in Las Coloradas, South Coast West of the old province of Oriente. Batistianas forces located the landing and paralyzing the expedition members. On 5 December, the army of the tyranny surprised joy of Pio to Fidel and his fighters. The revolutionaries were decimated, several fall detained during the persecution and many are killed on the spot. With the valuable collaboration of the peasants, Fidel is with Raul in Cinco Palmas and brings together the revolutionary force. Part then to the Sierra Maestra to continue from there the revolutionary struggle, being born so the initial nucleus of the rebel army. On January 17, 1957, he directed the first action armed against the Batista's army at the headquarters of La Plata and earned his first victory. The rebel army began to grow and strengthen. At the beginning of 1958, the revolutionary movement decides to hasten the downfall of the tyrant by a general strike with characteristics of insurrection. In the Sierra Maestra, Fidel Castro creates two new columns under the command of the Raúl commanders Castro and Juan Almeida, respectively, who must open two fronts’ guerrillas in mountainous areas in the East. In fierce fighting and battles rebel troops defeat tyranny battalions who manage to penetrate into the saw and they are forced to withdraw. This is the final turn. The bourgeois opposition parties, which until then have maneuvered to capitalize on the popular rebellion, are quick to recognize the undisputed leadership of Fidel Castro. Rebel columns depart to various parts of the national territory, including the commanders, Ernesto Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, who make their way to the province of Las Villas. After the resounding defeat of the troop’s elites of tyranny, at dawn of January 1, 1959, Fidel enters victorious in the garrison of Santiago de Cuba and faces, with a revolutionary general strike, heeded by all workers, the coup in the capital of the Republic. January 8 Fidel enters Havana together with freedom Caravan. Three pigeons perch on the railing of the gallery. One of these, insistent, rises on the left shoulder to Fidel, and the crowd shouting mob: "Fidel, Fidel!” Some saw it as a divine blessing but most saw it as a wonderful coincidence. The Act closed the freedom caravan tour ended around two o'clock in the morning of January 9, 1959. At the conclusion of the insurrectional struggle, maintained his duties as Commander in Chief. On February 13, 1959 he was appointed Prime Minister of the revolutionary Government. Since the beginning of the Cuban revolution he led and participated in all the actions

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