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Espinosa book, “The Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence” delineates on the beginning of the epidemic yellow fever and how it has impacted US and Cuba relations. This disease originated in Cuba in 1878 and later made its way to the Southern and Northern United states where it infected a large amounts of the population. This disease was killing many Americans causing business to halt and everyday life to stop which also in turn meant that one of American most valuable income sources…

Cuba and Venezuela have arguably been the most oppressed Latin American countries in the entire world. Cuba has been under a communist dictatorship for the last 50 years, while the Venezuelan people have been stripped of their rights money and food by their last two presidents. As a result, the citizens of both of these countries have flooded the streets in protest of their respective governments, which has led to the killing and kidnapping of all who express dissatisfaction of those in charge.…

analyzed, and it was discovered that there was Soviet Union missile silos being built in Cuba. Days later on October 22 John F. Kennedy, the presiding president at the time, delivered a speech over national television and radio to address the situation. Kennedy announced in his speech that he was ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba to prevent soviet ships from transporting any more missiles or supplies to Cuba until Khrushchev dismantled the missiles and returned them to Moscow . Kennedy also…

explorers! We’ve got work to do. To the north and due west of where we’re standing, the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico surround us. To the east, there’s even more water, and just on the horizon, you can see the world’s largest Caribbean island, Cuba. To the south looms a dense forest. There’s only one direction we can go… it’s time to head into the trees and find what adventure awaits us! For two days, we wander the forest. Along the way, we dodge jaguars and snakes, and befriend kinkajous…

birth. Fidel Castro helped the fight against the gruella warfare and went over there to aid me this war. He was very into politics and later ran for president. He lost his first election in 1948 then he ran for president in 1951 and the president of Cuba was then striped of his power. Chibas the president shot himself during a radio broadcast after not being able to keep his promise. Later Castro married mirta balart who was a very rich person, this made Castro very rich and showed him a…

When the average person is asked to identify a single fact they know about the country Cuba, the most common reply is Communism. Communism existed constantly in Cuba for over fifty years and became associated with Cuba’s identity. The role of Communism negatively impacted Cuba both economically and politically over the past fifty years. Recent events in Cuba, including the November 25, 2016, death of Fidel Castro, began to reverse the negativity of Cuba’s communism, as well as the…

The film 13th directed by Ava DuVernay is a documentary about the direct and indirect slavery of African Americans ever since the first African was taken away from his or her home land in the seventeenth century. The title, “13th”, refers to the 13th amendment which was supposedly passed to abolish slavery and the 150 years of unfair treatment that occurred even after that amendment was ratified. This documentary’s purpose is to showcase all the unacceptable events that blacks have been through…

Cuba is the largest country in the Caribbean region. Cuba is not advanced as it ought to be in 2014. Cuba’s land area is 42,803 square miles, 110,860 square kilometers. Cuba’s main land lies south of Florida in the Caribbean Sea by the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba has a lot of bays, beaches, and harbors. Cuban culture reflects on its Spanish colonial past and African influences. United Sates won the Spanish American War in 1898 the Cuban people were poverty or got rich. As some can see Cuba is not as…

known as “El Grito de Lares” meaning The Cry of Lares, though it was suppressed it became known as the first symbol of independence. In 1873 Spain abolished slavery from Puerto Rico. During the Spanish- American war Spain loses Puerto Rico along with Cuba and the Philippines. The Foraker Law allowed the U.S. to establish civil government and free…

Why did Fidel Castro come to power? Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban Politian and revolutionary who ruled Cuba for almost 5 decades. In 1959 he seized control as dictator due to Fulgencio Batista (the former dictator) being disliked by the people of Cuba because of the lack of a genuine alternative to his regime, economic problems and unemployment. To over throw him Castro led revolts and offered an alternative type of leadership which made him popular with the citizens and ultimately prime…