Che Guevara

Cuba has undergone extreme political, economic and cultural change since 1953 and is an extraordinary anomaly of communist rule, surviving in a capitalistic world. The Cuban Revolution of 1959, led by Fidel Castro and his 26th of July movement, saw the overthrow of the then Cuban President, Fulgenico Batista. Since the revolt, Castro governed a communist-socialist state and the country has experienced many political, societal and economic difficulties despite having one of the best education and…

Lasting from 1789 to 1799, the French Revolution had a momentous impact beyond its immediate short-term goals. For the French revolutionaries, the war was an effort against the aristocratic privilege and monarchical tyranny that prevailed in the 18th century, but in the years to come, others engaged in warfare would acknowledge that the Revolution’s implications extended these aims. While historians disagree on how to interpret the long-term success of the French Revolution, it is indisputable…

The road to the future is always saturated in a dense fog, refusing one the ability to see, for the most part, what is to come next. Art has been used for several centuries as a means to bring optimism and even pessimism to the individual about the nearby future through communicative messages about the here-and-now or the there-and-after. These messages help shape the form of a civilization, whether be restricted by a religious, traditional practice or by a series of laws—and quite often times,…

haphazard, it has still managed to produce its own identity and culture through the world-renowned people that have originated from there. These people include football (soccer) players Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona, ex-president and iconic communist Che Guevara, outstanding poet Jorge Luis Borges, the current president of Argentina Mauricio Marci, and even to the current leader of the Vatican, Pope…

Justifying Unjustifiable Actions Since the year 1959, the Cuban people have been brutally subjected to a ruthless dictator who cares immensely about his personal well-being, but neglects the men, women, and children that he governs. Many citizens have fled their livelihoods or died trying to escape arrest, torture, and in some cases death. Therefore, considering the nature of the Cuban revolution in 1959 and the broken promises that have consistently occurred over time since then, it is…

Hearing Fidel Castro piece together a conversation with a reporter in English after visit to United Nations in the US on Youtube is quite a treat. He struggles to brave hostile questions with a limited English vocabulary and a thick Cuban accent. He is asked if he is a communist and tells the reporter to wait for the history, “the history will tell what we are.” (Fidel Castro after Visit to United Nations in the U.S., 1960) This memo will be an analysis of Castro’s contradictory interactions…

Introduction A political theory one would use to understand problems in the government would be pure Marxism, not communism in the form in which it has failed horribly. One would also reference the work of Che Guevara, although one does not care for the actions he took under Castro, and consider them horrendous. His later work was worthy of would reference for a political theory and would be good for guidelines to follow. Naomi Wolfe would also be a person that one would use for politics. She…

people of Trinidad and Tobago. The Americans would come together and protest for what they believed in and fight for autonomy. I’ve listened and read the oratory of resistance coming from the mouths of icons like Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Che Guevara and Stokely Carmichael. All of these great icons gave powerful speeches on human and civil rights, dignity and freedom. Songs also influenced Trinbagonians of protest emanating from artistes like Bob Marley, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin…

When reading Gordon Wood’s Radicalism of the American Revolution, there is a constant burning question that fails to be answered simply through reading. The title of the book itself is misleading in the commonly held historical sense in that the American Revolution lasted long past the Battle of Yorktown, Treaty of Paris or the ratification of the Constitution. Wood’s study instead extends into the 19th century in an effort to prove his largest point—that the fruits of the American Revolution…

The Year is 1926 in Biran, Cuba when Linda Ruz Gonzalez gave birth to the future Communist leader of Cuba but before Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba he was just a child like everyone else. Fidel Castro led a very interesting childhood. Fidel was known as the type of kid that would be known as a very rambunctious, disobedient kid. Fidel grew up as a very spoiled child. He did what he wanted when he wanted. Fidel Castro, as a child, has been distinguished to be serious, hateful and mean, but…