Importance of the Cuban Revolution

As one of the most significant milestones of the 20th century, the Cuban Revolution has been studied from a thousand different places trying to understand its importance and evaluating its legacy in the society of the country but also in societies around the world world.

A situation that favored the outbreak

When we talk about Cuba in the 20th century, much is known about its post-revolutionary situation, but little is said about the dilemmas that society faced before 1959. With Fulgencio Batista in power, having come to power through a coup, the corruption policy grew to unsuspected levels at the same time that over the years they were limiting and curtailing more and more civil guarantees such as freedom of expression, of the press, political participation, student persecution and worker.

At the same time, the socioeconomic conditions were disastrous because Cuba remained a quasi-colony. of the United States, a country that it allowed to participate in its economy and that consumed sugar production at prices very low With a high proportion of society living in misery, mainly peasants, and an increasingly exalted oligarchy, the situation ended up becoming unsustainable.

The growth of unrest and the appearance of the July 26 Movement

As usually happens in contexts such as those described above, social unrest began to become more and more noticeable and thus from worker and student sectors began to outline different lines of action to end the dictatorship of Cambric. One of the groups that most strongly organized the resistance was the one led by Fidel Castro, a law student, called Motion July 26 in honor of his first military action.

This group, which had the contribution of many men and women determined to change the situation, grew to include political cadres of great importance such as Ernesto Guevara, who would later establish himself as one of the leaders of the revolution and a historical figure world. The revolutionaries carried out a guerrilla tactic, hiding in the famous Sierra Maestra, a space of pure jungle. From there they repeatedly attacked goals military in order to weaken the government. This objective was achieved in 1959 when the revolutionaries managed to enter Havana and received the support of the people who had slowly begun to ingratiate themselves with their struggle.

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The ideology behind a revolution that spread throughout the world

Emerged at a very particular moment in international relations and with a world divided between the Soviet reality and Western reality, the Cuban Revolution demonstrates an enormous legacy of both struggle like ideology policy. The anti-imperialist, communist and socialist values, their agrarian reform, the need to build a State in defense of the humblest and against the market, progressives and revolutionaries cannot fail to be recognized worldwide. Although, like any political and human process, this revolution has meant numerous errors, in the light of history it is undoubtedly one of the most far-reaching events of recent times.

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