Cuban Missile Crisis Essay

the lecture from last week in our Introduction to Latin America History (LLS 130) class has been one of the most fascinating and interesting class I have ever take about Latin America history. I even wanted to change my research paper topic to the Cuban Revolution. Also, the reading Colonialism is Doomed by Che Guevara and the film Nobody Listened (Nadie Escuchaba) by Néstor Almendros 1987, were the perfect complements to this lecture. First of all, let’s talk about why a revolution happened in…

Prior to the Cuban Revolution, Cuba was under the rule of Spain and it was the Spanish-American War that resulted in the Spanish withdrawal from Cuba in 1898. The United States of America supported in the Spanish-American war because of the many numbers of resources into organizations in Cuba and furthermore that numerous U.S residents dwelled there. After the Spanish American war, Spain relinquished control of Cuba to the United States. Fulgencio Batista officer and political pioneer who twice…

segregated, and although more than half of Cubans are mulatto or full African, those people did not enjoy the rights they deserved. Even the then-president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, was not allowed into a famous club because he was a mulatto. Even though Cuba had a 76% literacy rate, was ranked 5th in South America in per capita income and was also ranked 3rd in life expectancy, Cuba wasn’t a perfect place. As previously mentioned, racism was a huge problem in Cuban society, and the large gap…

important to choose the right instrument for mobilizing the masses. Basically, this instrument must be moral in character, without neglecting, however, a correct use of the material incentive — especially of a social character.” (Guevara 1965) During the Cuban Revolution, Castro’s followers were able to recruit on average of 1,200 individuals a month, most of whom became guerillas fighting…

Furthermore, Latino media in America also has a strong influence over how populations are perceived in a society. In “Closing the Telenovela’s Borders: Vivo por Elena’s Tidy Nation,” scholar Adriana Estill analyses Latino telenovelas as a platform where “nationality, nationalism, and Nation are produced and reproduced” (Estill 75). Through government involvement and censorship, telenovelas can create “an ideal space where the ideal citizen is constructed and disseminated” (Estill 85). Racial…

journalistic interpretations are subject to manipulation by the writer, filmmaker, or even the audience that receives the information. Specifically in Cuba, various interpretations of historical and journalistic sources influenced viewpoints of the Cuban population in regards to the Revolution. Journalistic interpretation can sometimes report sensationalism over pure facts. Known as Yellow Journalism, exaggerating facts and manipulating them for political reasons was what pushed the United…

The poster tells the whole story about the revolution, and time period Castro entered Havana Cuba. The artist of this poster is unknown, however “one artist by the name of Felix Mederos in 1973 created a series of posters on the history of the Cuban revolution. Commenorating the 20th anniversary of the assault on the Morcada” (Corrigan 15). He was the most popular propaganda artist in the region at the time. The subtitle under the poster read “flee Batista! Join the revolution and rid the…

communist and fear ideology, propaganda has been an effective tool to justify and contort the actions of an imperialist nation. From the Cuban Revolution,…

The Image of Ernesto “Che” Guevara The image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara is dramatically transformed in the two part biographical film “Che” directed by Steven Soderbergh. In the first part of the film, (during the revolutionary campaign of Cuba) Che is heavily romanticized to the mythological and iconic figure many are familiar with today. This more “mature” Che is very different than the younger Guevara we see in Motorcycle Diaries. In Motorcycle Diaries, Guevara is portrayed as a young and…

Chin Peng is the leader of the communist party of Malaya . He was well known for being a wily operator and the brains behind the guerrilla warfare of the Emergency which occurred between 1948 to 1960. Communist Party of Malaya as claimed by Chin Peng, was the factor that was instrumental in securing Malaya’s independence in 1957. But, it was not the only factor. Other factors such as the British government and the United Malays National Organisations(UMNO) were also instrumental in securing…