Malcolm X once said, “The only way we 'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, and Cuba - yes Cuba too.” Rattling of maracas from salsa music, people and the laughter of those dancing in the street, and the smell of beautiful culture lingering in the air, are all the beautiful traits of a beautiful country. A country solidified in time with classic cars that poured out from the Ford Company factories and architecture that spans from centuries of colonization. Unfortunately, through all the beauty came mistrust and diplomatic relations dwindling from those with The United States. As the Obama administration announced the
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Castro revolutionized the Caribbean country to what we know today. After taking power, Castro abolished legal discrimination, brought electricity to the countryside, provided for full employment and advanced the causes of education and health care, in part by building new schools and medical facilities. (“Fidel Castro.") Although, he gave the people their needs, he also subdued them to no outside influence such as political expression, freedom of speech, nor free elections. As Cuba’s relation with the United States dwindled, and those with the Soviet Union progressed, tensions arose from those political transgressions and many failed assassination attempts by the American government. The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis was a stepping stone to what we know as Cuban-American political relations. Announced at the end 2014 by the current United States President Barak Obama, relations with Cuba needed reformation and were outdated. “In the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years, we will end an outdated approach that, for decades, has failed to advance our interests, and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. Through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the American and Cuban people, and begin a new chapter among the nations of the Americas.”("Statement by the President on Cuba Policy
Castro revolutionized the Caribbean country to what we know today. After taking power, Castro abolished legal discrimination, brought electricity to the countryside, provided for full employment and advanced the causes of education and health care, in part by building new schools and medical facilities. (“Fidel Castro.") Although, he gave the people their needs, he also subdued them to no outside influence such as political expression, freedom of speech, nor free elections. As Cuba’s relation with the United States dwindled, and those with the Soviet Union progressed, tensions arose from those political transgressions and many failed assassination attempts by the American government. The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis was a stepping stone to what we know as Cuban-American political relations. Announced at the end 2014 by the current United States President Barak Obama, relations with Cuba needed reformation and were outdated. “In the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years, we will end an outdated approach that, for decades, has failed to advance our interests, and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. Through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the American and Cuban people, and begin a new chapter among the nations of the Americas.”("Statement by the President on Cuba Policy