The influence of the Jesuits is even clearer with Fidel Castro, who became a dictator in a country that was traditionally Catholic and in which the Jesuits had already established quite a few educational facilities:
Fidel Castro was born in the village of Birán in Cuba on August 13, 1926 into a rich family, the son of Angel Castro, who was a Spanish immigrant, and his cook Lina Ruz Gonzalez. In his early life Fidel Castro went to Jesuit schools and from there he attended the Jesuit preparatory school Colegio Belen in Havana.
Fidel Castro was born in the village of Birán in Cuba on August 13, 1926 into a rich family, the son of Angel Castro, who was a Spanish immigrant, and his cook Lina Ruz Gonzalez. In his early life Fidel Castro went to Jesuit schools and from there he attended the Jesuit preparatory school Colegio Belen in Havana.
In 1945 Castro went to the university of Havana to study law, he graduated in 1950. From 1950 to 1952 Fidel Castro used his training in law in a small partnership. Castro was intending to stand for parliament in 1952, but didn’t due to a cancellation in the election, by General Flugencio Batista.
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To the United States concern, Cuban Prime Minister, Fidel Castro and USSR Prime Minister became very close, and soon the USSR was sending great quantities on economic aid, as well as military aid from the USSR.
On April 17, 1961, the United States sent a force of Cuban exiles trained by the CIA to south Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. The CIA assumed that this invasion would spark some interest in an uprising against Fidel Castro. There was no uprising but instead Castro’s forces apprehended the Cuban invaders, because President Kennedy backed out of the invasion at the last moment, so the invaders lost their support.
On December 2 1961 Castro stated that Cuba was going to adopt Communism. Pope John XXIII excommunicated Castro. In October 1962 the Cuban missile crisis took place after the United States found that the Soviet Union was attempting to launch nuclear missiles in Cuba. After this short lived crisis the relationships between the United States and Cuba remained very mutual.
In 1976, the Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau went to Cuba and hugged Castro. Pierre Elliott Trudeau gave Castro a $4 million gift, and loaned another $10 million. In Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s speech later that very day, Trudeau said “Long live Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro. Long live Cuban-Canadian friendship.”
In 1991 the Soviet Union lost power and Cuba lost a great deal of its economy because the Soviet Union provided Cuba with so much. Cuba regained it’s economy shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union when it was listed as the second most popular tourist attraction in the Caribbean, after the Dominican Republic. wwwk.co.uk
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Excerpt of article @ http://1phil4everyill.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/appendix-b-the-relationship-between-the-roman-church-and-communism-2of3/#Castro
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