... Latin American countries. His bold claims included that much of the devastation and poverty in Latin America was a result of government-favored American monopolies on many of the most critical necessities, including electricity, telephone services, public services, mines, land ownership, and the notorious United Fruit Company. Also, Castro argued that his Revolutionary Government was facing the ire of the United States based on the fact that his regime had come into power by force. The United States opposed such insurgence despite the fact that Castro hailed it as necessary to improve living conditions in underdeveloped countries. Indeed, according to Castro, the deplorable conditions in a plethora of Latin American societies (six hundred thousand unemployed Cubans, three million without electricity, three and a half million living in slums, thirty-seven percent illiterate, and ungodly high rent rates (Castro's Speech at the United Nations, p. 5)) were caused in large part by the giant ...

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