HIST 286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Herbert Matthews, Synical, Che Guevara
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World price of sugar could go up and down 2-3000% year to year and when prices low: felt throughout economy. Anti-spanish forces received greatest suppot and had greatest military victories: regional divison of counties has racial and social tensions: oriente was poor and blacker, more afro- Cuban then western provinces: and african rebellion leaders like anotnio. Castro sought to gain support for his movement against dictator, met in eastern part of cuba an old. Afro cuban woman who helped him and prove to. Castro that she was a real revolutionary showed document signed by maceo in 1890s): in parts of. Cuba the revolutionary past was not old and forgotten: regional pattern of support not only way. Castros rebels placed themselves in a long tradition of nationalistic revolution going back to recent struggle for independence against spain: fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of cast(cid:396)o"s propaganda: he invoked as his inspiration.
