THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FAILURES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT IN CUBA

The Major Accomplishments and Failures of the Revolutionary GOVERNMENT IN CUBA

The Major Accomplishments and Failures of the Revolutionary Government in Cuba

Introduction:

Cuba has a communist political boss and is overridden by the ruling Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). Its 1976 constitution conceived a socialist state with the National Assembly of People's Power as its supreme organ. It comprises of 609 deputies voted into agency by universal suffrage for a five-year term. It encounters two times a year and votes into agency 31 of its constituents to pattern the Council of State which retains legislature power between these sessions. It furthermore votes into agency the head of state, who is leader of the assembly, head of government, and first receptionist and seating of the political bureau of the only authorized party, the PCC. The PCC overrides the community-based Committees for the Defense of the Revolution which coordinate public tasks and proceed as the eyes, ears and voice of the ruling regime.

From the beginning Cuba was a shaky country with a very unstable government and a country that was deep in poverty. The government was jumping from being a dictatorship to a republic. The fate of Cuba was changing hands constantly. Fidel Castro challenged Fulgencio Batista and overtook Cuba and still rules it today. Fidel was a strong person who took Cuba at a weak time and the people would follow anyone who promised to help them. He helped the welfare of Cuba greatly, he felt that he could make a change in Cuba and help people lead better lives. He accomplished that and more; Castro set up many programs to help those in need and accomplished what all the other previous leaders of Cuba attempted to do but never succeeded; he made Cuba a prosperous country that had improved greatly within the past fifty years (Stoner).

People:

Cuba, largest island of the West Indies, south of the United States and east of the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico. It forms, with various adjacent islands, the republic of Cuba. The Cuban population is made up mainly of three groups, about 66%, is of Spanish descent or white, 12% are black, and the remaining 22% are a mixture of both. The language commonly spoken in Cuba is Spanish. The Cuban culture is seen as a blend of Spanish and African culture. The majority of Cubans claim to be non-religious. In 1957 more than 70% practiced Catholicism but have slowly opened their minds to new ideas, in 1997 only 33% were recorded to be a Roman Catholic (Dominguez).

The majority of Cuba is middle class. Before the revolution many of them were only educated to a third-grade level and one-quarter of all Cubans were illiterate. After the revolution however, that changed greatly. Castro gave many people a gift. Castro s government launched a number of programs aimed at improving social conditions among poor and uneducated Cubans. In 1961 the government temporarily closed schools to teach illiterate citizens how ...