Editing Fidel Castro (section)

==Overview==
Regarded by many as one of the most oppressive and authoritarian dictators of his era, Castro's leadership style has warranted comparisons with totalitarian leaders like [[Mao Zedong]], [[Hideki Tojo]], [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Adolf Hitler]], and [[Benito Mussolini]]. His regime jailed and [[torture]]d political prisoners at a higher rate than Stalin’s regime during the Great Terror, murdered more Cubans in its first three years in power than [[Nazi Germany]] murdered Germans during its first six and came closest of anyone in history to starting a worldwide Nuclear war. In the above process Fidel Castro converted a nation with a higher per-capita income than half of Europe and a huge influx of immigrants into one that repels Haitians and boasts the highest suicide rate in the Western Hemisphere.

He was an ardent believer in communism who was known for his egalitarian beliefs and his hatred of [[fascism]]. However, his rule was considered as completely indistinguishable from fascism welfare, socialism, and no businesses. His idea was to have the government control all manufacturing. While many believed him to be a hero who was combating conservatism, he actually abused his powers.