Please read the attached excerpt from a speech by the 20th century Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. After reading it, respond to the following question: On whose behalf does Fidel Castro say he fights, and what does he want to accomplish in Cuba? Based on our previous knowledge of Latin America, what obstacles stand in the way of his stated goals? Due tomorrow in class for discussion. 附件 Castro.jpg Castro's Revolutionary Ideals 1940 the supreme Law of the land, until such time as people should decide to modify or change it.... The Second Revolutionary Law would have granted On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro and a small group of supporters launched an ill-fated attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Castro was arrested and put on trial. This excerpt is taken from the speech he presented in his defense, in which he discussed the goals of the POLITICS & GOVERNMENT property, not mortgageable and not transferable, to all planters, subplanters, lessees, partners, and squatters who hold parcels of five or less caballerias [about 33 acres] of land, and the state would indemnify the former owners on the basis of the rental which they would have received for these parcels over a period of ten years. The Third Revolutionary Law would have granted workers and employees the right to share 30 percent of the profits of all the large industrial, mercantile, and mining enterprises, including the sugar mills. . The Fourth Revolutionary Law would have granted all planters the right to share 55 percent of the sugar production and a minimum quota of forty thousand arrobas [25 pounds] for all small planters who have been established for three or more years. revolutionaries. Fidel Castro, "History Will Absolve Me" I stated that the second consideration on which we based our chances for success was one of social order because we were assured of the people's support. When we speak of the people we do not mean the comfortable ones, the conservative elements of the nation, who welcome any regime of oppression, any dictatorship, and despotism, prostrating themselves before the master of the moment until they grind their foreheads into the ground. When we speak of struggle, the people means the vast unredeemed masses, to whom all make ... The Fifth Revolutionary Law would have ordered the confiscation of all holdings and ill-gotten gains of those who had committed frauds during previous regimes, as well as the holdings and ill-gotten gains of all their legatees and heirs. promises and whom all deceive; we mean the people who yearn for a better, more dignified, and more just nation. . . . In the brief of this cause there must be recorded the five revolutionary laws that would have been proclaimed immediately after the capture of the Moncada barracks. What did Fidel Castro intend to accomplish by his revolution in Cuba? On whose behalf did he The First Revolutionary Law would have returned power to the people and proclaimed the Constitution of fight this revolution? Source: Excerpt from Latin American Civilization by Benjamin Keen, ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974), pp. 369–373.

Please read the attached excerpt from a speech by the 20th century Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. After reading it, respond to the following question: On whose behalf does Fidel Castro say he fights, and what does he want to accomplish in Cuba? Based on our previous knowledge of Latin America, what obstacles stand in the way of his stated goals? Due tomorrow in class for discussion. 附件 Castro.jpg Castro's Revolutionary Ideals 1940 the supreme Law of the land, until such time as people should decide to modify or change it.... The Second Revolutionary Law would have granted On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro and a small group of supporters launched an ill-fated attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Castro was arrested and put on trial. This excerpt is taken from the speech he presented in his defense, in which he discussed the goals of the POLITICS & GOVERNMENT property, not mortgageable and not transferable, to all planters, subplanters, lessees, partners, and squatters who hold parcels of five or less caballerias [about 33 acres] of land, and the state would indemnify the former owners on the basis of the rental which they would have received for these parcels over a period of ten years. The Third Revolutionary Law would have granted workers and employees the right to share 30 percent of the profits of all the large industrial, mercantile, and mining enterprises, including the sugar mills. . The Fourth Revolutionary Law would have granted all planters the right to share 55 percent of the sugar production and a minimum quota of forty thousand arrobas [25 pounds] for all small planters who have been established for three or more years. revolutionaries. Fidel Castro, "History Will Absolve Me" I stated that the second consideration on which we based our chances for success was one of social order because we were assured of the people's support. When we speak of the people we do not mean the comfortable ones, the conservative elements of the nation, who welcome any regime of oppression, any dictatorship, and despotism, prostrating themselves before the master of the moment until they grind their foreheads into the ground. When we speak of struggle, the people means the vast unredeemed masses, to whom all make ... The Fifth Revolutionary Law would have ordered the confiscation of all holdings and ill-gotten gains of those who had committed frauds during previous regimes, as well as the holdings and ill-gotten gains of all their legatees and heirs. promises and whom all deceive; we mean the people who yearn for a better, more dignified, and more just nation. . . . In the brief of this cause there must be recorded the five revolutionary laws that would have been proclaimed immediately after the capture of the Moncada barracks. What did Fidel Castro intend to accomplish by his revolution in Cuba? On whose behalf did he The First Revolutionary Law would have returned power to the people and proclaimed the Constitution of fight this revolution? Source: Excerpt from Latin American Civilization by Benjamin Keen, ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974), pp. 369–373.