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The Cuban Revolution: Impact and Legacy on Latin America

Explore the Cuban Revolution, its catalysts including Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro, and its lasting effects. Discover the socio-political changes, economic challenges, and human rights issues brought about by the revolution in Cuba and beyond in Latin America during the 1980s and 1990s.

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The Cuban Revolution: Impact and Legacy on Latin America

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  1. Chapter 32 Section 1 Notes World History C

  2. The Cuban Revolution Reason for Revolt – “A rich country with too many poor people” Corrupt dictators & Revolutionaries – Fulgencio Batista Fidel Castro - Che Guevara – his main goal was to establish a Marxist regime

  3. Results of the Cuban Revolution • Cubans have good access to health care and education • Cubans civil liberties are restricted under a one-party system • The Government jails opponents and watches citizens through a network of neighborhood spies • Cuban economy suffers because of U.S. trade embargo and many Cuban’s flee to the United States

  4. Fidel Castro • Goals in Cuba= end U.S. dominance, redistribute wealth, and reform society

  5. El Salvador The assassination of Oscar Romero caused an outbreak of a bloody civil war in El Salvador

  6. Chile and Nicaragua • The United States funded opposition groups • In Chile, Brazil, and Argentina they used torture and murder to silence opposition

  7. 1980’s and 1990’s • Latin America, in general, became more democratic

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