Decided things This is a new feature to my discussion tree structure which makes conclusions valid and repetition unnecessairy It improves my design whose purpose is to eliminate the need for discussion archives This will be added I hope at the end of every paragraph where there will be a copy of the present section of the article Decided things will be highlighted and the others are not New articles will always be highlighted decided at first If a user wishes to re open discussion the part will be unbolded and futher arguments ensue at the end of the old discussion Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz born August 13 1926 held the title of Prime Minister 1 of Cuba from 1959 after commanding the attack that overthrew Fulgencio Batista until 1976 when he became President of Cuba Since his assumption of power he has led the transformation of Cuba into a socialist republic with a legally enshrined Communist Party Castro first attracted attention in Cuban political life through his nationalist critiques of Batista and United States corporate and political influence in Cuba He gained an ardent but limited following and also drew the attention of the authorities 2 His leadership of the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks his subsequent trial incarceration and planned departure for Mexico 3 4 to organize and train for the guerrilla invasion of Cuba that took place in December 1956 Since his assumption of power in 1959 he has invoked both praise and condemnation at home and internationally Outside of Cuba Castro has been defined by his relationship with both the United States and with the former Soviet Union Ever since the failed Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in 1961 by the United States his government has had an openly antagonistic relationship with the US and a simultaneous closeness with the Soviet bloc This was true until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 after which his priorities shifted from supporting foreign intervention to paternalistic partnerships with regional socialist and left wing figures such as Hugo Ch vez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia Domestically Fidel Castro has overseen the implementation of various economic policies which saw the rapid centralization of Cuba s economy land reform collectivization of agriculture and the nationalization of leading Cuban industries The expansion of publicly funded health care and education has been a cornerstone of Castro s domestic social agenda Some credit these policies for Cuba s relatively high Human Development Index 5 Others see Castro and his policies as being responsible for Cuba s general economic depredation and harshly criticize him for the criminalization of political dissent and free speech