Socialism in Cuba

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State socialism is an economic system with limited socialist characteristics, such as public ownership of major industries, remedial measures to benefit the working class, and a gradual process of developing socialism through state action. State socialism may also be used to clarify any variety of socialism that relies on, or advocates, control of the means of production by the state apparatus, either through state ownership or state management. The United States of America invested heavily in Cuban sugar industry in the first half of the 20th century, and this, combined with tourism and gambling, caused the economy to prosper. Inequalities in the distribution of wealth persisted, however, as did political corruption. In 1958 and 1959 the communist revolutionary Fidel Castro overthrew Dictator Fulggencio Batista and establishes a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union, abolishing capitalism and nationalizing foreign owned enterprises. Relationship with the United States of America deteriorated, with the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba lost important financial backing, and its economy suffered greatly. The economy gradually began improving later in the 1990s with the encouragement of tourism and the legalization of small businesses and private employment. It is therefore clear as to why by the middle of the 20th century a socialist state had been established in Cuba, as Cuba was governed by a single-party rule or a dominant party rule of a communist party, and also she professed allegiance to a communist ideology as its guiding principle with allegiance with socialist state the Soviet Union. The revolutionary struggle in Cuba to overthrow the dominant elected capitalist government by its Commander in Chief Fulggencio Batista began in July 1953. A group led by Fidel Castro attacked Moncada barracks in Oriente Provience in order to cease control of the

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