had conquered Cuba in 1511 under Diego Velasquez. Frequent insurrections failed to end Spains harsh rule. From 1868 to 1878 occurred the Armed rebellion known as the Ten Years War, led by plantation owner Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, a co-author of Cubas declaration of independence. After the loss of more than 200,00 lives, the revolt ended in failure. In 1933, Batista led a sergeants revolt that toppled the despotic rule of Gen. Grarado Machado and its at that time that Batista became the most powerful man in Cuba. He was elected president in 1940 and made himself chief of state with dictatorial powers. Years of corrupt government, terrorism and embezzlement made by the United States led to a revolt in 1958 under the leadership of Fidel Castro. Batista fled to the Dominican Republic and the Fidelistas were in control of Havana. Castro then became premier at the young age of 32. At first people applauded the downfall of Batista and hoped that Castro could bring the country the prosperity it had wished for. Unfortunately, before long, people came to realization that a new regime had embraced Communism.In reality, Fidel Castro is responsible for every appointment. As president of the Council of Ministers, chairman of the Council of State, commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and first secretary of the PCC (Cuban Communist Party), Castro controls everything and anything that can make him more powerful. Even in Latin America, Castro funded guerrilla groups throughout the hemisphere generating fear and terror for decades now. The regimes response to the AIDS crisis has been a mandatory nation-wide testing that resulted in forced incarceration for anyone who tested positive for the HIV virus. In addition, Castro is also known for imprisoning homosexuals and transsexuals as undesirables. All of these imprisonment is mostly based on mere suspicion or rumors. There was another report that a number of prisoners with AIDS rio...
