Period before and after the Cuban Revolution: from the collapse of capitalism and its structures of exploitation to the establishment of socialism and the withdrawal of political-economic relations with the United States

Abstract

From the breakup of capitalism and its exploitation structures to the establishment of socialism and the withdrawal of political and economic relations with the United StatesThe United States took advantage of decades of exploitation of Cuban human material and natural resources, mainly sugar. The government of Fulgencio Batista was marked by a great social crisis and a high concentration of income due to the little financial return to workers and the high unemployment rate. There was a need to modernize the island, since the relationship with the United States forced Cuba to remain in a colonial economy. The Cuban Revolution established a confrontation with world hegemony and consequently was the victim of economic reprisals, but it was not enough for the Cuban government to back down. The United States carried out a massive intervention on the continent and imposed an economic embargo on the island.