How Did Fidel Castro Rule

Fidel Castro and his communist dictatorship have had a huge negative effect on Cuba and its people. Fidel Castro's rule has limited the economic growth in Cuba and has made it one of the poorest nations in Latin America. Also, Fidel Castro was a brutal dictator that has no remorse for his actions. Finally, Fidel Castro has taken a lot of freedoms away from the Cuban people like freedom of speech and press.

It’s safe to say Fidel Castro’s communist rule failed Cuba and the economy. Fidel Castro has made Cuba’s economy based solely on its government, this includes food, education, health and employment. According to Tim Worstall, a writer for Forbes, “In 1959, when Castro took power, GDP per capita for Cuba was some $2,067 a year. In other Latin

This was clear from the start of his rule, according to Tom Gjelten, an correspondent for NPR, “More than 400 of his political enemies were executed by firing squad in his first 90 days in power.” Also, according to Kai Suherwan, an writer for The Eye, “Fidel Castro is no stranger to mass killings, with an estimated 4000 to 33000 executions, where policemen and rival politicians were the majority of those executed.” Fidel Castro answered to no one and allowed no challenge to his authority. Castro would not hesitate to order the arrest of former friends and associates if he suspected they were conspiring against him. Castro would also have a tendency to put a lot of people in prison. According to Kai Suherwan, an writer for The Eye, “Castro had even acknowledged that he held 15000 political prisoners in 1964.” Also according to Matthew Guzman, a writer on Debate, “5% of the Cuban population at one point was in prison, more than Stalin or Hitler achieved.” That is a large amount of people to put in prison, even Stalin and Hitler, who are people known worldwide as one of the most evil people in history did not achieve what Castro. Castro would also herd homosexuals into camps for “re-education”. The United States and Cuba did not get along and have had many battles. The United States hated Fidel Castro and wanted to get rid of him and his communist rule in Cuba. According to James Rey, a writer for Amnesty International, “Cuban officials claim that the former leader survived more than 600 assassination attempts.” It is also estimated according to Tracey Eaton, a journalist for Al Jazeera, “The US government spent more than $1bn trying to kill, undermine or otherwise force Castro from power, but he endured unscathed before old age and disease finally took him.” If the United States put that much time and effort to assassinate Fidel Castro, he must have been a pretty horrible