Explanation:
As per the question, the author's key purpose of including this paragraph include 'to inform the reader about the location' and 'to entertain the readers by showing how dramatic the situation is.
Answer:
Because if there wasn't tension, uncomfort, and conflict in society, nothing would be done. Who would want to resolve race issues if there was no tension about it? It's important to gain notice of crucial issues that need to be fixed and to stir debate.
Yes, it is true that the Central Intelligence Agency backed the Bay of Pigs invasion of Castro's Cuba, since the goal was to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro (although this failed miserably).
The exact date is unknown but between 550 bc and 539 bc.
I would say his popularity came from his pledge to restore 'order' in the country which was plagued by mass unemployment and strikes by socialists and communists. His blackshirts beat up socialists and communists. Obviously the socialists and communists opposed his rise as did many other working class people. Some of the middle class shopkeepers, doctors, lawyers etc worried about the rise of socialism in the new Soviet Union also supported him.