Fidel Castro's Economic, Social, And Political Policies And Actions

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Fidel Castro's Economic, Social, and Political Policies and Actions
Introduction
Fidel Castro formed a communist regime in 1959 which compromised the economic, social and political policies as well as actions. Under the Fidel’s leadership, he pursued more radical socialist policies and further created a one-party government that exercised dictatorial powers to control the social, political, economic and cultural life of the Cubans. Fidel’s regime aimed at destroying every vestige of the old social order experienced in the country. Under the Fidel’s rule, human rights were not respected, the number of political prisoners increased and writing some articles and reading some books was forbidden. Cuba experienced political and economic changes during Fidel’s regime and his leadership was non-transferable. Under communism rule, the citizens are subjected to authoritarian rule which demand respect irrespective of its activities. Fidel established more radical policies through which all private businesses and industries were nationalized and several land reforms were established. Therefore, this led to explopriation of the American agricultural estates and businesses in Cuba. Cuba faced shortages of basic goods and services. The health care and educational systems remained at the lowest level and this aggravated the problems caused by Fidel’s communism regime. However, Fidel later expanded social services and accessibility of services such as health and education as they were made free to all and the Cubans were guaranteed of employment although the economy never expanded. Economic decisions were centralized and Fidel became an inept economic manager. Fidel’s regime faced trade embargo from U.S leading to sufferings among the Cubans and further legitimization to the rest of the world as it aimed to defeat Fidel’s regime. However, Fidel’s regime tried to open up to foreign direct investments, revival of tourism, easing of international trade and legalization of possession of foreign currency (Barberia, 11).
Social policies
Fidel Castro’s social policies during his reign were; the new man’s theory, socialistic policies, morality and educational and health services and guaranteed government employment of all Cubans. After Fidel Castrol gained power, the Cuban cultural identity was transformed and the new notion of “Cubanness” emerged as the Cubans were referred to as “New Man”. The new identity was simultaneously contributed by the writers during the initial days of the regime as they praised the regime while ignoring the problematic aspects. The politics based on the communism culture led to the formation of “New Man” culture which supported the spirit of revolution. The change received absolute backing, although there existed prophetic insights about the possible struggles that may arise from the fresh identity. Therefore, the “New Man” philosophy supported radical culture, but ignored the controversies surrounding the Cuban revolution. The New Man’s Theory was created by Fidel and Guevara and was meant to regulate work and job opportunities across Cuba. Th...