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Fidel Castro

2020-12-16T02:47:37Z

NicoNeruda: Added cause of death for Fidel

{{Infobox revolutionary
| honorific_prefix = El Comandante
| name = Fidel Castro
| image = File:Castro.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| caption = Portrait of comrade Fidel
| nationality = [[Cuba|Cuban]]
| birth_name = Fidel Hipólito Castro Ruz
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|08|13}}
| birth_place = Birán, [[Cuba]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|11|25|1926|08|13}}
| death_place = Havana, Cuba
| political_line = [[Marxism-leninism]]
|death_cause=Natural Causes}}
'''Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz''' 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President from 1976 to 2008. Ideologically a [[Marxism-leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] and Cuban nationalist, he also served as the First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of Cuba]] from 1961 until 2011.

Born in Birán, Oriente as the son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted [[Left-wing politics|leftist]] and anti-imperialist ideas while studying law at the University of Havana. After a year's imprisonment after launching a failed attack against the right-wing Batista government in 1953, Castro traveled to Mexico where he formed a revolutionary group, the [[26th of July Movement]], with his brother [[Raúl Castro]] and [[Che Guevara|Ernesto "Che" Guevara]]. Returning to Cuba, Castro took a key role in the [[Cuban Revolution]] by leading the Movement in a guerrilla war against Batista's forces from the Sierra Maestra. After Batista's overthrow in 1959, Castro assumed military and political power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States came to oppose Castro's government and unsuccessfully attempted to remove him by assassination, economic blockade, and counter-revolution, including the [[Bay of Pigs Invasion]] of 1961. Countering these threats, Castro aligned with the [[Soviet Union]] and allowed the Soviets to place nuclear weapons in Cuba, resulting in the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]] – a defining incident of the [[Cold War]] – in 1962.

Adopting a Marxist–Leninist model of development, Castro converted Cuba into a one-party, socialist state under Communist Party rule, the first in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. Policies introducing [[Economic planning|central economic planning]] and expanding [[Healthcare in Cuba|healthcare]] and [[Education in Cuba|education]] were accompanied by state control of the press and the suppression of internal dissent. Abroad, Castro supported anti-imperialist revolutionary groups, backing the establishment of [[Marxism|Marxist]] governments in [[Presidency of Salvador Allende|Chile]], [[Junta of National Reconstruction|Nicaragua]], and [[People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)|Grenada]], as well as sending troops to aid allies in the Yom Kippur, Ogaden, and [[Angolan Civil War]]. These actions, coupled with Castro's leadership of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]] from 1979 to 1983 and [[Cuban medical internationalism|Cuba's medical internationalism]], increased Cuba's profile on the world stage. Following the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union's dissolution]] in 1991, Castro led Cuba through the economic downturn of the "[[Special Period]]", embracing [[Environmentalism|environmentalist]] and [[Anti-globalization movement|anti-globalization]] ideas. In the 2000s, Castro forged alliances in the Latin American "[[pink tide]]" – namely with [[Hugo Chávez]]'s [[Venezuela]] – and signed Cuba up to the [[ALBA|Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas]]. In 2006, Castro transferred his responsibilities to Vice President Raúl Castro, who was elected to the presidency by the National Assembly in 2008.

Ernesto Guevara

2020-12-15T22:39:05Z

NicoNeruda: Western propaganda

{{Infobox revolutionary
| name = Che Guevara
| image = File:CheHigh.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| image_upright =
| image_alt =
| caption = Portrait of comrade Che
| nationality = Argentinian
| birth_name = Ernesto Guevara
| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|6|14}}
| birth_place = Rosario, Santa Fé Province, Argentina
| death_date = {{death date and age|1967|10|9|1928|6|14}}
| death_place = La Higuera, Vallegrande Province, Bolivia
| death_cause = Executed by reactionaries
| political_line = [[Marxism-leninism]]
}}
'''Ernesto''' "'''Che'''" '''Guevara ('''14 June 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentine [[Marxism|Marxist]] revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. His life, conduct and thought have become a paradigm for millions of men and women around the world.

He was part of an expedition led by [[Fidel Castro]] that began the armed struggle against the US-backed Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. During the war he reached the rank of commander and commanded column 8 Ciro Redondo, which extended the war to the center of the island, precipitating the fall of the dictatorship.

During the Revolution he was appointed President of the National Bank of Cuba and Minister of Industries. He also presided over Cuban delegations that visited various countries and was a representative of the revolutionary government in important international conclaves. During the October Crisis he was appointed military chief of the province of Pinar del Río.

In 1965 he led a guerrilla front in the Congo against the intervention of white mercenaries and their local allies. Failed, the guerrilla movement returned to Cuba and began to organize the revolutionary war in Bolivia. After a campaign of several months, he was taken prisoner by the Bolivian troops in the Yuro ravine and the day after his capture he was assassinated. His remains were located in 1997 and sent to Cuba where they rest in the Comandante Ernesto Che Guevara Memorial Complex that was built for this purpose in the city of Santa Clara

== Western Propaganda ==
For many years people have told lies about Che Guevara, saying that he was a racist, homophobe and an evil mass murderer. None of this is true, unless of course you consider overthrowing, with the support of the people, a fascist dictator that was backed by the [[:en:Central_Intelligence_Agency|CIA]], murder.

Here are some videos by [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUzmizB92LJ9oxf5T_snZNA BadEmpanada] that prove that these myths are wrong:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkBXFXwGuJE&ab_channel=BadEmpanada Who Did Che Guevara Murder? | BadEmpanada]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5eFPgvhS60&t=6s&ab_channel=BadEmpanada Che Guevara: Homophobic Racist? | BadEmpanada]

==External Links==
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*[[wikipedia:Che_Guevara|Wikipedia]] ([[Wikipedia|about]])
*[https://leftypedia.org/index.php?search=che+guevara&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go Leftypedia] ([[Leftypedia|about]])
*EcuRed ([https://www.ecured.cu/Ernesto_Guevara_de_la_Serna Spanish], [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ecured.cu%2FErnesto_Guevara_de_la_Serna English auto translated]) ([[EcuRed|about]])
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-HkPLFjQc8&ab_channel=BadEmpanada Che Guevara's True Legacy]

Central Intelligence Agency

2020-12-15T22:20:34Z

NicoNeruda: I addd human rights violations by the CIA

The '''Central Intelligence Agency''' ('''CIA''') is a reactionary terrorist organization, officially the "civilian foreign intelligence service" of the federal government of the [[United States]], officially tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT).

As one of the principal members of the United States Intelligence Community (IC), the CIA reports to the Director of National Intelligence and is primarily focused on providing intelligence for the President and Cabinet of the United States.

Unlike the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), which is a domestic security service, the CIA has no law enforcement function and is officially mainly focused on overseas intelligence gathering.

[[wikipedia:Human_rights_violations_by_the_CIA|Here are some human rights violations by the CIA.]]

== History ==
The CIA was created in 1947 when president Truman signed the National Security Act into law.

The success of the British Commandos during [[World War II]] prompted U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to authorize the creation of an intelligence service modeled after the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), which led led to the creation of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).

== External links ==
{{External links|Wikipedia=Central Intelligence Agency|Leftypedia=Central Intelligence Agency|EcuRed=CIA}}