Ideology is a system of belief reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual, group, class, or culture. It is a set of doctrines or beliefs that form the basis of a political, economic, or other system that results in change. Ideologies acts as a catalyst to motivate, encourage and shape the forces of change in Cuba. Ideologies that 'revolutionised' Cuba were different, contradictory and provocative which has lead to conflicts as well as new government that shaped Cuba today. America is a capitalist nation and they aimed to spread their sphere of influence through imperialism and their ideal system of government, democracy. The Spanish wanted to spread their power through Colonisation, a concept derived from Darwin's theory 'survival of the fittest' in which it is believed that the stronger survives while the weak dies, in this case having colonies is having power. Batista's ideology was a militarism belief i.e.
Fidel Castro becomes the leader of Cuba as a resul...
Fidel Castro, president of Cuba, at a meeting of t...
Photocopy created by United States Archives of all...control of country through military force. Castro believed in Nationalism because he wanted an independent Cuba free of America's control while at the same time holding a Socialist view that eventually morphed into Communism. These groups with different belief wanted to spread and make their ideal ideology into reality. In doing so, it placed Cuba into a situation of ideological conflict that has resulted in dramatic change of Cuba.
The origin of Cuba can be traced back to the 16th century when superpowers such as Spain, Britain, Frank, Dutch etc were all searching the 'New World' for colonisation because of the belief that colonisation was the key to power. As a result, Cuba was effectively colonised by Spain where it faced economic, social and cultural control and exploitation. Cubans believed in nationalism, an independent government free of Spanish's oppressive regime. They were inspired by many of Spain's New World...