Trip To Cuba

In March 2016, President Obama visited my country of Cuba. There had been improved relations for a while, but finally, our president arrived on the island. Both countries split ties in 1961 and if it wasn't for the times we live in now, I honestly believe that would have been the case. By times, I mean the culture we have now as well as the mindset of peace that most of the U.S populous has and the access to technology. Technology has allowed everyone with the means, an ability to hold history in our hands and see it from every angle; the accessibility of history has made events in our world both current and past transparent in that the instance anything occurs, it's plastered on everything from television, radio, newspapers and our phones. Without a doubt, the strengthening relationship between the United States and Cuba is a testament to the power of technology.
With our two governments seemingly in a better relationship, information on each side's history will be searched and studied now that it is as relevant as ever. If, let's say the same situation was occurring ten, twenty or more years ago, the ability …show more content…
Cubans predominantly get their knowledge in school but being a communist country, information is altered or omitted. Having visited Cuba as a boy, another means of access are a kind of internet café, though popular the time it takes just waiting in line can take ours; possibly deterring some from even entering. How can a wide populous dream of learning if their own government is so lacking in such issues? My trip to Cuba was a few years ago and the problems are being remedied now with the spread of social media and social networking which has helped in the transparency of history. Cuban and Americans alike can now have conversations with one another to share information, something that would not have been possible without