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The Cold War is categorized as the rise of ideologies and the constant changes in power; a prime example is seen post the Cuban Revolution of 1945. Cuba’s Revolution created significant political and “economical struggles due to the dependence of American resources, for instance, sugar” (Robert 657). Prior to the Cuban Revolution, the United States and Cuba coincided with one another mainly because Cuba wanted to introduce the idea of democracy to Latin America; soon discontinued when Fidel Castro, Cuba’s Prime Minister, came into power and followed the Communist Party’s ideas” (Wikipedia). These turn of events caused “the United States government was not pleased […] [that] Castro had lined up [with the] Third World [Nationalist …show more content…
(Roberts 658). During the unfolding of the Cold War, fragile countries were granted opportunities to improve their ways of living, and in 1969 a conference was held, specifically for Latin American governments. There was no discrimination for countries that were not in Latin America to attend, however during these conferences, no U.S. legislature attended (Roberts 662). After the conferences, Castro feared that the Soviet Union would not intervene in disputes with the United States since the Soviets had no control in regards with the U.S. bombing Vietnam. Fidel Castro said the purpose of the organization is “to ensure the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries in their struggle against imperialism, colonialism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, and domination” (Wikipedia). In turn of events, during the First Tricontinential Conference, countries discussed the idea of harmony with Vietnam (Prashad 107). Hence, the total war between national liberationist and imperial supremacy was a consequence of the First Tricontinential Conference. Engagement in war with Africa was led by Castro to overthrow and rule out the Saudi-U.S... The Portuguese were defeated in Africa and …show more content…
The Soviet Union was a key player in Cuba’s crisis of debt which led to the Cuban government owing three billion dollars (Prashad 210). After Cuba discontinued their tires with the Soviet Union, Cuba’s administration had no intention of delivering petroleum and resulted in Cuba’s consumption to decrease by 20%. By the sudden decrease in exports, immediate actions were taken which led to the organic agriculture to be mandated by the Cuban government; resulting in de-modernization causing a rejuvenation period where old industrialized forms of agriculture were re-implemented. In addition to de-modernization, citizens were asked to use public transportation in hopes to manage the energy crisis which stretched into the 21st century. In correlation to de-modernization, the cost of producing building materials increased, causing the government to engage in land-distribution which entailed families to move to rural areas and produce and sell their crops at local farmer markets. Lastly another action taken by the Cuban government was to exchange economic and tourist deals with Western nations in attempt to replace the lost money in the international petroleum markets (Wikipedia). In conclusion, the Cuban government was forced to reduce all aspects of life which damaged them socially and
The Cold War is categorized as the rise of ideologies and the constant changes in power; a prime example is seen post the Cuban Revolution of 1945. Cuba’s Revolution created significant political and “economical struggles due to the dependence of American resources, for instance, sugar” (Robert 657). Prior to the Cuban Revolution, the United States and Cuba coincided with one another mainly because Cuba wanted to introduce the idea of democracy to Latin America; soon discontinued when Fidel Castro, Cuba’s Prime Minister, came into power and followed the Communist Party’s ideas” (Wikipedia). These turn of events caused “the United States government was not pleased […] [that] Castro had lined up [with the] Third World [Nationalist …show more content…
(Roberts 658). During the unfolding of the Cold War, fragile countries were granted opportunities to improve their ways of living, and in 1969 a conference was held, specifically for Latin American governments. There was no discrimination for countries that were not in Latin America to attend, however during these conferences, no U.S. legislature attended (Roberts 662). After the conferences, Castro feared that the Soviet Union would not intervene in disputes with the United States since the Soviets had no control in regards with the U.S. bombing Vietnam. Fidel Castro said the purpose of the organization is “to ensure the national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of non-aligned countries in their struggle against imperialism, colonialism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, and domination” (Wikipedia). In turn of events, during the First Tricontinential Conference, countries discussed the idea of harmony with Vietnam (Prashad 107). Hence, the total war between national liberationist and imperial supremacy was a consequence of the First Tricontinential Conference. Engagement in war with Africa was led by Castro to overthrow and rule out the Saudi-U.S... The Portuguese were defeated in Africa and …show more content…
The Soviet Union was a key player in Cuba’s crisis of debt which led to the Cuban government owing three billion dollars (Prashad 210). After Cuba discontinued their tires with the Soviet Union, Cuba’s administration had no intention of delivering petroleum and resulted in Cuba’s consumption to decrease by 20%. By the sudden decrease in exports, immediate actions were taken which led to the organic agriculture to be mandated by the Cuban government; resulting in de-modernization causing a rejuvenation period where old industrialized forms of agriculture were re-implemented. In addition to de-modernization, citizens were asked to use public transportation in hopes to manage the energy crisis which stretched into the 21st century. In correlation to de-modernization, the cost of producing building materials increased, causing the government to engage in land-distribution which entailed families to move to rural areas and produce and sell their crops at local farmer markets. Lastly another action taken by the Cuban government was to exchange economic and tourist deals with Western nations in attempt to replace the lost money in the international petroleum markets (Wikipedia). In conclusion, the Cuban government was forced to reduce all aspects of life which damaged them socially and