Historia+me+absolvera

__**Rise: Shrewd Leadership**__

> - Cubans from rural areas were made aware of the suffering in the cities, etc. > suffered from the same poor conditions that the Cuban people did.
 * Raised awareness of the national nature of the poor conditions in Cuba.
 * Exemplified Fidel's eloquence and education
 * Associated himself with a solution to the suffering of the Cuban people
 * Separated himself from Batista and anyone like him, while at the same time showing that he

History will absolve me was a speech made by Fidel Castro in 1953 in his own defense against charges for the Moncada attacks. This speech contributed to the **rise** of Castro, and more particulary it played upon the poor **conditions** that were present in Cuba at that time. At the time, people were extremely upset with Fulgencio Batista as their leader, and most of them were desperate for a change. Their children did not go to school, and when they did they were dirty and malnourished and people were working too hard for wages that could not support their families. In his speech Castro speaks strongly against these problems and says that he will take immediate action to solve them:

"//The problem of the land, the problem of industrialization, the problem of housing, the problem of unemployment, the problem of education and the problem of the people's health: these are the six problems we would take immediate steps to solve, along with restoration of civil liberties and political democracy" -// [|//http://www.newhumanist.com/absolve.html//]

This speech made people see that he is one of them, that he is just as much affected by the poor conditions in Cuba as the average worker. Unlike Batista and his friends who were "living well-protected on their luxurious estates, surrounded by all kinds of security measures."