Che Guevara

The Motorcycle Diaries is a movie based on the actual diary entries of Ernesto Guevara, an Argentinian medical student, who with his older friend, Alberto Granado, a biochemist, go on an adventure, across Latin America, in hopes of seeking fun, but also to accomplish their goal of helping out in a leper colony. The movie begins with Ernesto Guevara being restless and in dire need of a break from medical school. His friend, Alberto Grenada, is also in the same position as Ernesto, but is anxious…

The Cruel and Unusual Reign of Rafael Trujillo In reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz, one can observe the dictator present in the novel is a cruel, Iron-fisted ruler. This Dictator, Rafael Trujillo, was dictator of The Dominican Republic for over 30 years. From 1930 to 1961, the year of his assassination, Trujillo held a threatening presence throughout the country. Because of the many ways he would instill fear into the population, it is identifiable that Trujillo…

The Special Period, it is a period of time where the people Cuba spent years recuperating and trying to revitalize their country. The first half enduring the onslaught of repercussions that was affecting their country due to collapse of a certain union which Cuba was involved in heavily. The second half will show how Cuba was able to recover from the onslaught. The purpose of this paper is to explain a series of events that occurred during the Special Period which made Cuba what it is today.…

Louis A. Pérez initiates the academic literature that studies the relationship between America and Cuba, which has shaped the progressing literature currently disseminating within academia and mainstream research regarding American and Cuban encounters. “On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture”, is another Louis A. Pérez production that emphasizes the evolutions and transitions between, above, and below the two countries. The 579-page text is a tedious read, but a thorough history…

Many of those who write about the Cuban Revolution have credited him as being the soul of the revolution (Valdés 27). His rhetoric in History Will Absolve Me is partly a testament to that sentiment. As stated, the speech largely outline the goals Castro hoped the revolution would accomplish and his reasoning for trying to seize Moncada. Still, the language that he employs in this speech is similar to rhetoric that he used decades forward. This speech did not gain instant attention, but its…

Batista was dictator of Cuba twice and the first one was from 1933-44. The second time was 1952-59. The Amercians liked what he did and how he did it. Batista was a corrupt and repressive dictator, but cosider pro-american and an ally to U.S. companies. American’s wealthy people that almost owned half of cubas sugar plantations, and their cattle ranches, mines, and utilities. He was reliably anticommunist. A lot of Cubans liked Fidel Castro’s overthrow of the dictatorial president Fulgencio…

The most prevalent argument in Julia Sweig’s Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground is the importance that the llano played in the insurgency. The book also attempts to debunk the myth’s surrounding Che, Castro, and the sierra-llano conflict. Through her never before seen evidence, we get a new look into the essential role that these revolutionary women played in the leadership of the Sierra Maestra alongside Castro, as well as in the urban underground. (Add more…

“Miami isn’t too far; it is ninety-five miles away at the most…” Her cherubic features made it hard to fabricate an excuse for wanting to stay in Cuba. I knew that staying here, staying in poverty, predisposed me to a life of misery. The journey would be perilous and I wondered if it was worth it. I wanted to convince her to condone the actions of the corrupt government. I longed to voice my dissent, but I didn’t. I was tired of living life as nothing more than a pitiful pauper, salvaging and…

Given the Cuban history on the prohibition of not just music but literally everything that comes in the way of the ruling of the two leaders of the country since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, the brothers Fidel and Raul Castro, few scholars got interested in the current situation in Cuba when it comes to the reggaeton. Although scholars are not optimists that Cuba can be the next Puerto Rico when it comes to reggaeton or that reggaeton will ever become part of the Cuban culture as it happened…

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born near Biran, Cuba on August 13th, 1926. Castro, who is the third child out of six children, grew up in an extremely wealthy environment. His father was from Spain and made a living off his well known sugar plantation. Growing up, Fidel was gifted intellectually and attended El Colegio de Belen. However, as a young man, he was much more interested in sports than school. In high school, he was one of the starting pitchers for the baseball team. At age 17, his…