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Castro's domestic policies - Coggle Diagram
Castro's domestic policies
economic
before castro victory Cuba suffered from unfair trade situations from the US
he introduced agrarian reforms
unemployment rates decreased
social justice
introduced labour rights
peasants were payed more
bettwer working conditions
cuba followed soviets advance to liberalize their economy
dissatisfaction among working class
Rectification campaign
moving cuba into a more centrally planned economy and get rid of the corruption that came from a liberal economy
Castro's reforms didnt benefit the higher class but gave lower class short term benefits
broke up large landholdings, splitting them up into cooperatives
wealthy individuals and US cooperatives were sufffering in this financial trap and created anti castro propaganda
special period
1989 80% if imports and exports came through the USSR
after the USSR collapsed this created an economic crisis
GDP fell to 34%
lack of oil imports
cuban people using bikes exported from china and large buses to save oil.
stop to industrial production
decline in food production
state owned plantations
introduction of sustainable agricultural production by the australians
mandatory rooftop vegetable beds
famine
high meat consumption --> vegetable
food programme
people to work in plantations and farms
farmers encouraged to higher private food supply
foreign companies could invest in cuba
increase in tourist industry
US dollar as currency
cuba had to compete on a global market
Castro introduces economic reforms and allowing private ownership and capitalistic elements
social
non-whites and spanish ethnicities division in cuba. non-whites were in the working class and poor
Castro makes it illegal to discriminate gender or race
free universal health care and education
investment in rural infrastructure
polio, malaria and diphtheria eliminated in Cuba due to vac. program
literacy rates grew to 99.8%
social control
control of media
banning political parties
trials and executions televised
clear message to cuban people
refugees
castro allowed people to leave the country but were given bad labels
was mainly due economic problems
castro increased security and secret police to go after traitors and enemies
Special period
first demo after Batistas rule. Against poverty
cultural
the impact of policies on women and minorities
Castro makes it illegal to discriminate gender or race
authoritarian control and the extent it was achieved
political
didnt want to adopt full USSR communist approach
relationship with USSR
special period
cuban population stays behind castro
younger generation seeks for political change
public support for che guevara ideologies
castro didnt allow political reform
cuba didnt abandon its ideologies
US reaction
US wants to regain power over Cubas economy
helms-burton act