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Castro's consolidation and maintenance of power - Coggle Diagram
Castro's consolidation and maintenance of power
use of legal methods
ORPC
to oversee the efficient implementation of Castro's agrarian reforms
OPRC led to a dual power government
INRA
national institute of agrarian reform
PCC was the new communist party of Cuba
universal education and health care, improvement and enforcement of labour laws
nationalisation of industries from US
creation of jobs in town
use of force
elections were cancelled
intended to be temporary to allow Cuba consolidate its achievements of the revolution
political parties banned for 4 years
newspaper and radio stations censored
1968 castro arrests members of PCC after they opposed him
nature and treatment of opposition
removed anti-communists from power in 1959
steps down as prime minister after power struggle from urritia. He does this to protest against urritias policies of not helping poorest population and serve US interest
Urritia resigned
cuban government was stable and could deal with opposition through democratic means
anti-communists
Huber Mator labelled as trator and got arreste
Escambray rebels
soliders loyal to batista continued to fight and started a campaign
after loss of bay of pigs US stopped funding and Castro's forces defeated the rebels
CIA carrying terrorist attacks --> Cuba cautious against any attack
removing batista loyalists and executing those who were guilty of crimes against cuban people
missile crisis
Castro suspicion of another US attack
US places missiles in Turkey and Italy in direct proximity to USSR
USSR places missiles in Cuba so that US get rid of the missiles
propaganda
sucess/failure of foreign policy
strengthened armed forces.
alliance with USSR
dominican leader organized an anti-castro coup
coup failed
after Castro nationalising foreign owned businesses, US banned all exports to Cuba
US was the biggest trade partner so this hurt Cuba and they were dependant
US seeked help from USSR
nationalised refiniries as he was trading oil with the USSR
Cuba allied with US biggest enemy --> cuba was thought to be a communist state
bay of pigs
cuban exiles sent by US to invade Cuba, but fails after Castro fighting them
charismatic leadership
decision maker and will act on things
reassurement he wasnt communist to higher class
influenced middle class too