Fidel+Castro-ajd

Fidel Castro, young lawyer, led that revolution. At first a lot of people praised Castro for bringing social reforms and improving the economy of Cuba. Castro was a harsh dictator. He tightly controlled the press, jailed or executed his opponents, and suspended elections. Castro took over the Cuban economy. When this happened he took over U.S.-owned sugar mills and refineries. On July 1953, Castro led an attack against the military barracks in Santiago, but he was defeated and arrested. In his trial Fidel Castro gave his famous speech __//History Will Absolve Me//__, and was pardoned after two years.