Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926. His father Angel was a wealthy landowner originally from Spain. His mother Lina was a maid to Angel’s first wife. Fidel had 4 other brothers and sisters. He was educated at the Jesuit schools. Castro had a very wealthy circumstance but it was a peasant rebellion was thought to have influenced Fidel’s leaning towards political interests. He later earned a degree from Havana University to offer free legal services to the poor. In 1952 at the age of 25 he ran for Cuban parliament. But, just before the election the government was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista. Fulgencio Batista then established a dictatorship over Cuba. In 1953 Castro was one of the 150 fighters to try and overthrow Fulgencio Batista. While fighting he was placed in jail for landing an attack on a military supporting Batista. Because of that he was famous through out Cuba. In 1955 Castro was released under an amnesty. Fidel than spent time in Mexico to work with his brother. He returned to Cuba on December 2, 1956 by boat. His boat was than sunk and most were killed by the inconvenience. The survivors, including Fidel Castro, fled into the Sierra Maestra Mountains. It was there where the survivors planned an attack against Batista. Then in 1959 they attacked Batista and then Batista fled out of the country. It was then when Fidel Castro became prime minister. The United States of America quickly realized the new Cuban government. But Fidel Castro had a far- reaching idea that he intended to achieve. He then opened new factories and plantations for his far- reaching mission. At the time Fidel became closer and closer to the Soviet Union. On April 16, 1961 Fidel formed a highly skilled bunch of Cuban exiles trained by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and sent them with US weapons to invade at the Bay of Pigs. Then in 1962 Cuba and the Soviet Union joined forces to bomb America. Then Nikita Khrushchev decided to install ballistic bombs in Cuba to bomb America. When U.S. reconnaissance flights revealed ballistic bombs being constructed they sent notice to the White House right away. At the time John F. Kennedy was president and he was obviously not happy about this. So then Kennedy decided to threaten Cuba and the Soviet Union that if they launched one missile that US troops would warrant a full-scale retaliatory attack. After that said Khrushchev’s ships turned back to Russia and Cuba back down and dismantled their weapons. Just as the Crisis begun it ended and Kennedy pledged to never invade Cuba.