Fidel Castro was the Cuban Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974, and then became president of Cuba in 1974; he is still in that position today.
             Castro was born on August 13, 1927, in Mayari. His father was an immigrant from Galicia, Spain. He attended Catholic schools as a child. In 1945, he went to the University of Havana. He got his degree in law in 1950. He married Mirta Diaz-Balart in 1948, and he then divorced her in 1954. He first got power in 1959, after Cuba's former leader, Fulgencio Batista fled from Cuba. Castro was considered Cuba's "maximum leader." In 1976, he became president, the first secretary of the Cuban Communist Party, and the commander of the armed forces. Castro also tried to become part of Batista's dictatorship. Castro ran for the Cuban House of Representatives in 1952, but the troops of Batista ended elections and democracy in Cuba. Afterward, he led a revolution against Batista, and he eventually succeeded on January 1, 1959. Then Castro took control of the government.
             At first, Castro seemed to be a good leader, but as time passed, he started to become more and more radical. Castro started to execute and imprison thousands of political opponents, he started nationalizing industry, collectivizing agriculture and established a one-party socialist state, which then began to drive many first and second-class citizens out of Cuba. Castro created a one-class system in Cuba. He was also very hostile toward the U.S. During Batista's rule, he was friendly to the U.S. The U.S. then got rid of all the American-owned companies in Cuba and attempted to overthrow Castro in 1961 by sending Cuban exiles in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, but the attempt was failed. The U.S. and Cuba have not been trading anything at all with Cuba since Castro has been prime minister and president because of the embargo.
             In May of 1962, Fidel Castro agreed with the Soviets to secretly install nuclear missile base o Cuba. On October...