Editing History of Cuba (section)

===Early economic planning===
{{Main|Four Year Plan (Cuba)|Great Debate (Cuba)}}
[[File:Che Guevara.jpg|thumb|[[Che Guevara]], posing in his office as Minister of Industries (1963).]]
Starting in 1961, Che Guevara spearheaded a [[Four Year Plan (Cuba)|Four Year Plan]] to rapidly industrialize the Cuban economy, by minimizing the sugar industry in favor of other agricultural sectors. The plan was designed to be carried out from 1962 to 1965, but was cancelled early in 1964 due to economic setbacks.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jefferies |first=Ian |date=1993 |title=Socialist Economies and the Transition to the Market A Guide
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pe6JAgAAQBAJ&dq=juceplan+four+year+plan&pg=PA208 |location= |publisher=Taylor and Francis |page=208 |isbn=9781134903603 |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Hugh |date=2013 |title=Cuba A History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W81V_ySjDGAC&dq=juceplan+four+year+plan&pg=PT839 |location= |publisher=Penguin Books Limited |page= |isbn=9780718192921 |access-date=}}</ref><ref name=order>{{cite book |last=Dominguez |first=Jorge |author-link= |date=2009 |title=Cuba Order and Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1oF-WQmOPgC&dq=che+guevara+%22accelerated+industrialization%22&pg=PA383 |location= |publisher=Harvard University Press |pages=383–384 |isbn=9780674034280}}</ref> Agricultural diversification led to a steep drop in sugar production, which was a vital market in Cuba.<ref name=Luis>{{cite book |last= Fernando Ayerbe |first=Luis |date=2018 |title=The Cuban Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=od5dDwAAQBAJ&dq=guevara+four+year+plan&pg=PA1987 |location= |publisher=Editora Unesp |page= |isbn=9788595462656 |access-date=}}</ref>

Following the economic decline brought by the Four Year Plan, Fidel Castro invited leftist economists from all over the world were to print their opinions in economic journals in Cuba about how Cuba should develop into a communist society. The two main spokespeople in the debate were [[Che Guevara]] who argued for an independent Cuban model to communism, and [[Carlos Rafael Rodríguez]] of the [[Popular Socialist Party (Cuba)|Popular Socialist Party]] who advocated for more of a "soviet" model towards communism which meant a development of capitalism before socialism and later communism.<ref name=def>{{cite book |last=Kapcia |first=Antoni |date=2022 |title=Historical Dictionary of Cuba |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbpmEAAAQBAJ&dq=the+great+debate+1962+cuba&pg=PA261 |publisher=Rowman and Littlefield Publishers |pages=261–262 |isbn=9781442264557}}</ref><ref name=today>{{cite book |last1= Alpert |first1= Michael |last2= Hahnel |first2= Robin |date=1981 |title=Socialism Today and Tomorrow |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3LYQYht5cIC&dq=che+guevara+great+debate&pg=PA194 |publisher=South End Press |pages=194–196 |isbn=9780896080775}}</ref>

This [[Great Debate (Cuba)|"Great Debate"]] came to an end when Guevara left Cuba in 1965.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=37}} Initially, his view lost support.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=37}} In 1968, however, Fidel Castro announced the reforms of the Revolutionary Offensive which drew on Guevara's ideas.<ref name=":0" />{{Rp|page=37}}