Cuban Revolution and Post-Revolutionary Evidence

Vocabulary flashcards covering core historical concepts, facts, figures, and statistical evidence related to the Cuban Revolution.

Oriente vs. West

Regional economic disparity where Oriente was impoverished and neglected, with $\sim 30\%$ chronic unemployment and a rural income of $\sim \frac{1}{4}$ of urban income.

Foreign Economic Control

Condition where foreign investors controlled $\sim 75\%$ of farming land, $90\%$ of essentials, and $40\%$ of sugar, leaving Cuba dependent on sugar.

Batista Regime

Governance marked by a $1952$ coup, political corruption, and BRAC repression.

Agrarian Reform / INRA

Policy and state agency that broke up landholdings, distributed land to $200{,}000+$ peasants, instituted rent reductions, and carried out nationalization.

Political Monopoly

State of governance in which Fidel Castro became PM and commander-in-chief, elections were withheld, and other political parties were banned to form a single-party state.

Huber Matos

A key figure subjected to regime repression who received $20$ years in prison.

Escambray Rebellion

An anti-Castro rebellion that was defeated as part of state political repression.

Propaganda and Censorship

The censorship of anti-Castro information paired with the publicizing of failed CIA actions and the Bay of Pigs to foster nationalism.

Bay of Pigs Invasion

An event where $\sim 1{,}400$ Cuban exiles invaded Cuba; its failure strengthened Cuban nationalism and ties to the USSR, while the US embargo encouraged Soviet economic and military ties.

Social Programs

Cuban government initiatives providing universal healthcare and education, vaccination programs, tripling teacher counts, quadrupling schools, and dramatically increasing literacy.