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Consolidation 1959-1962, Nature extent and treatment of opposition,…
Consolidation 1959-1962
Charismatic leadership
Daily speeches appealed to people’s hope for new ideas, based on the grand ideas of the leader of the independence, ideas of social justice, economic security and political freedom
The middle class were promised they would be able to become professionals; women that they would be able to work in equal conditions to men
Work for the unemployed, land for rural workers, improved working conditions for the urban workers.
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Good relationship with the public – ordinary people could approach him and speak of their dissatisfactions
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Spent afternoon in rural villages discussing who should repair tractors or fix refrigerators for the people
Legal means
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Algrarian reform Act
aimed at equal redistribution of land, making the agriculture more efficient, and Cuba less dependent on sugar. It also restricted the land that could be owned; anyone owning above the established limit had their extra part expropriated and received bonds as compensation.
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Use of force
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Members were instructed to identify ‘enemies of the revolution’ and report on their activities. By the end of its first year, the CDR had more than 800,000 members and had become an important tool in government surveillance.
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