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and intimidate the Soviets (GWU, n.d., p.1). At this time, relations between the United States and Cuba started to get rocky as well. Fidel’s Castro’s Communist belief put him and the American’s hot list. So much so that in August of 1960, the US underwent their first assassination attempt on Castro with a poisoned box of cigars (GWU, n.d., p. 2). This, along with several trade embargos placed on Cuba, made Castro grow paranoid towards the United States. He believed that the capitalist leaders…

Over the 20th century both Cuba and Haiti have been affected by neocolonialism, colonialism, and imperialism, which have shaped the trajectories of these countries. The world has seen the power struggles these countries went through in order to become a sovereign nation. Various hierarchies of race, socio-economic status, and power played a role in each country’s development. There was an economic and governmental dependency on another country that affected both countries. However, each country…

Fidel Castro? The island country of Cuba has always drawn attention from its neighbor to the north, the United States. The United States played a role when the country first formed to break away from its Spanish colonial rulers. After helping Cuba gain independence, the United States had an opportunity to annex the island and make it a state. The government decided against making Cuba a state but made sure to keep the island country as a close ally. Cuba went through a…

United States would be carrying out important military operations in the Caribbean, Cuba quickly denounced the move as a deliberate attempt by the U.S. to provoke and consequently lead an invasion of Cuba. The leader of Cuba (Castro) and the Soviet (Khrushchev), discretely reached an agreement allowing for the placement of strategic missiles in Cuba, fearing that it only a matter of time before the U.S. invaded Cuba, which would be detrimental to the communist objectives. According to Castro,…

and the eighth U.S. Secretary of defense. He is also recognized for helping guide the United States into the Vietnam War, which made him an important figure in the controversial figure. He also faced many challenges during the Cuban missiles when the Cuba pointed to the American.Comparing to the current leaders they are causing lots of violence, such as dropping a bomb on the other country without warning and destruction other nation terrorism. On Robert S. McNamara time they had to fight back…

The Amazing Journey to Dominican Republic My trip to Dominican Republic was really exciting, awesome, and an experience that I’ll never forget. When I went to Dominican Republic, or in Spanish, Punta Cana, I got to learn lots of cool and very interesting things. In this personal narrative, I will be telling you all of the great, or crazy experiences that I had at Dominican Republic. If you don’t know where in the world that the country is located, it is on the east coast off of Puerto Rico.…

Caribbean tourism is a highly contested topic with two extreme polar views on the same subject. This is a fact plain to see in plenty of articles, and this case with two texts that provide different stances on the topic of tourist development in the Caribbean is no exception. First, there is an advertisement of a 1950s The Great White Fleet’s cruise vacations to the Caribbean directed towards a class of rich, (and at the time, most likely Caucasian) travellers. On the other hand, text two is the…

Throughout the world various rebellions were happening for various reasons and they all were conducted in their own unique way. In “Freedom’s Mirror” Ada Ferrer looks at different points of anti-slavery rebellions that occurred in Cuba and Haiti and how they were linked together. Since Haiti was the first black led country and independent state founded by former slaves it is crucial that all aspects of the rebellions are taken into consideration. Several power imbalances are vividly compared as…

historical drama-thriller film that recounts the decision making of President Kennedy and his ExComm during the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. On October 14, 1962 a United States U-2 plane discovered nuclear missile sites under construction on Cuba by the Soviets. President John F. Kennedy gathered together a group of government officials (known as ExComm) to debate the crisis. Photos revealed the existence of long range missiles capable of travelling 2,200 miles. Some members of the…

Slave narratives offer a first person account of the experiences of individuals and their experiences during slavery. They can also provide much insight into the realities of the past. In an interview by Adella S. Dixon on July 28, 1937, Della Briscoe tells the story of her time as a slave on the Georgia plantation. Della Briscoe lived on a large plantation in Putnam County, Georgia owned by David Ross. He was described by Mrs. Briscoe as the richest planter in the county. Times during…