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Fidel Castros close relationship with the soviet union annihilated Cuba’s previously stable economic state sending the country into a crisis. During the Russian revolution, global sugar production dropped creating wealth for the nations that continued to harvest the crop. This monopoly created a boom in Cuba’s economy and lead to the nation developing into a monoculture relying entirely on money from its sugar exports. During Castro’s reign, his communist ideals led him to ally Cuba and himself with the soviet union causing the US to retaliate creating a trade embargo against Cuba. The embargo caused the economy of Cuba to collapse as it created difficulty in attaining parts for the predominantly US-made machinery used in the sugar grinding mills as well as other imports to the country. Additionally, the loss of the u.s as a viable partner in trade instituted increased costs for transport and greater difficulties in global communication. The collapse of the sugar industry sent mass amounts of the country into poverty yet those in the destitute state became more attracted to the idea of a communist society gaining Castro’s support among the lower classes. This appealing system of government leads Cuba to further involve itself with the soviet union placing further stress on the tense diplomatic relationship with the u.s. It was this involvement that concerned the u.s to such an extent that the US intelligence committee advised that Castro be removed from power by any means necessary. This advice lead to 634 assassination attempts

as claimed by Castro’s former secret service chief with the US going as far as enlisting infamous American mafia members and bizarre plots such as the exploding cigar. Yet despite their efforts, the tyrant survived each attempt and continued to rule Cuba. Russia’s welcomed involvement in Cuban politics and global stance upturned the country’s monoculture creating mass poverty
Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro had an underlying draconian aspect to his reign misusing his power to restrict freedom of thought and speech. Fidel Castro crossed the boundaries of the legality of national censorship early on in his rule of Cuba. In 963 Cuba became the first nation in the Western Hemisphere to jam radio broadcasts, this being achieved using equipment acquired from Castro’s political ally, the soviet union. The targets for these measures were various stations in the US that had continued to disagree with Castro’s regime. Havana, Cuba’s capital, had one hundred and thirty-five movie theatres previous to Castro’s introduction of a Communist regime, with this amount totaling more than New York City or Paris. Less than twenty of those remain open in present-day Havana despite the population of the city has doubled. Castro struck with his controlling communist regime and established full control of Cuba’s film industry, making it mandatory for all movies to be censored by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos (Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry) before being broadcast or released to the public.