Fidel Castro's Family, Ideology and Regime

Fidel Castro's Family Very little is known about Fidel Castro's family. Castro, unlike most communist dictators never promoted a 'cult of the leader'. In fact Castro promotes what some call a reverse cult of the leader; his regime promotes dead revolutionary heroes such as Che Guevera and Camilo Cienfuegos on everything from statues to key chains to t-shirts sold to tourists. Though his power is unchallenged, and phrases from his lengthy speaches are often quickly …

…relaxed when it comes to opposition.He created a single party state and he was sure it would stay that way. For example, Huber Matos, former millitary commander of Camaguey, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1959 for conspiracy and treason in that he resigned from his post because of the rising influence of communism in the revolution. In 1961 Lino Fernandez and 500 of his counter-revolutionary men were captured and taken to jail in Santa Clara.