Populism as we know throughout history has been widely associated with Latin America. Revolutions that took place in countries such as Cuba, Nicaragua and Bolivia were believed to be lead to success by populism. The idea of populism refers to the believe that power should be given to the regular people. Populism defends the idea that the common people have the right to take control over the governance rather than a small group of political insiders or wealthy elites.

It is interesting to see how the boom expansion of the economy in Latin American then lead to a totally different governance style such as populism and communism. The same power concentrated in the elites and people in power, as well as a vast part of the territories being in the hand of foreigners triggered resistance from the common people at the bottom who were tired of sch inequalities to look for a movement to change the system and redistribute power among the people.

With technological advance and economic expansion in Latin America, came the use of the media. The use of radios and other forms of information devices for the population allowed a new way to make politics to arise. Now politicians were capable of communicating their ideas to larger masses around the country and get their speeches across the territory. It was here when revolutionaries such as Fidel Castro took their opportunity to persuade the Cuban population to join his socialist ideals. These communication we can saw allowed political movements such as this one to grow stronger.