musicians to perform together. The film shoots the journey of these musicians from the run down streets of Havana to the flashy city lights and building in New York. It was produced in order to give us a insight of the musical history of Cuba. It not only allowed us to view Cuba in…
University architecture students visited Cuba, incidentally around the same time as President Barack Obama, a Wooster man played a role in the trip. Chris Cupples, a Wooster High School graduate and former aide to Gov. Ted Strickland, has moved from politics to business, joining a friend from his Strickland-for-governor campaigning days (attorney Nick York) and a former “global ambassador” for the Cleveland Foundation (Jorge Delgado) in expanding the reach of To Cuba Now, a company that arranges…
In 1959 after years of revolution Fidel Castro had overthrown dictator Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba and an American- backed ally. Batista was a corrupt leader and had very pro-American stance in policy making. These allowed U.S companies to completely dominate the Cuban sugar business. At the time U.S companies and wealthy individuals not only controlled the sugar business but also various cattle ranches,mines and other fields of the Cuban economy. Batista was very anti-communist.…
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…
friend of my family, but I decided to interview a person I met in Cuba. This past spring break I went to Cuba with my friends for vacation, where we stayed at my friend’s grandmother house in a town called Nueva Vedado. In this trip I met Hilda Rodríguez, one of the most strong woman I have ever met. Hilda was born on September 19, 1945 in Varadero, Cuba. Hilda was the third child of Pepe and Carmen. Hilda also has a twin or as in Cuba say an “inagua” called Helda. Although Hilda and her…
1951, 37). Also, the following is a brief list of revolutions and regime changes that occurred only in the 20th century: Mexico Revolution 1910, Argentinian Coup of 1943, Bolivia, 1952, Guatemalan Revolution 1944 and “counter revolution” of 1954, Cuba, 1959, and Nicaragua 1979. This is merely a snapshot and small sample of the revolutions and regime changes that took place in Latin America during the 20th century. It would take hundreds of pages to…
series of offensive missile sites on the island of Cuba, which had been placed there by the Soviet Union. Kennedy went on to inform his audience that the Soviet Union had been ordered to remove all the missiles from Cuba and a quarantine had been placed on the island. The media played a large role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, mostly working behind the scenes. They worked to publicize President Kennedy’s public address, allowed the two…
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…
year revolution against President Batista, Guevara became a role model for many of those who had been ostracised by the government in Cuba at the time. Che Guevara became a symbol of hope for the population of Cuba, thus proving his influence on an entire country. Che Guevara’s ultimate goal was to take down the current Government lead by President Batista and making Cuba a Socialist State. Guevara believed that this would free those who had been wronged and aid the nation toward his vision of…
of wedlock (Fidel Castro:Cuba’s Revolutionary leader). His father was named Angel and his mother was named Lina. His mother was at one point his father 's maid. (Fidel Castro:Cuba’s Revolutionary Leader). He was born in Biran a tiny town in eastern Cuba. In his younger years he was an amazing baseball player (Fidel Castro). A little bit later in his life he enrolled to be a law student at the University of Havana. While at the University he got interested in politics. He joined anti-corruption…