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...... The present account of the situation in Cuba has roots in the historical background of the country and of the region in general. The communist influence of the Cold War took its toll on the development of the region especially from the perspectives of the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro, in his attempt to gain power from Batista in the early 1960, marched on the idea of the power of the working class combined with that of nationalism. More precisely, the 26 of July Movement was the only formal program signed by Castro before he came to power, and it offers the best illustration of Castroism in its guerrilla phase. Its tone was nationalistic, reformist, and vaguely socialistic, and its goals were free elections, constitutional government, agrarian reform, increased industrialization, and the exclusion of all forms of foreign intervention. Its demands found their origin in the past history of Cuban left-wing democratic, nationalist movements. (Welch, 1984, 4) This perspective is important not so much for the historical background it creates, but for establishing the conditions in which the Castro regime functioned so far
The way in which Cuba developed during the Cold War determined a long series of interruptions

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