Cuba

between the United States, Cuba, and the Soviet Union and it is part from the Cold War. Its started when the United States want to overthrow the Cuban regime and Cuba build secret bases of nuclear missiles that could destroy most of the American lands. This crisis has different point of views for each Cuba, United States, and the Soviet Union. First point of view Cuba, Cuba is the first country outside Eastern Europe and Over 30 years Castro was the leader of the Cuba and the enemy of the United…

are Cuban or not, are left questioning the current state of Cuba, and especially its future. As a country that played a large role in bringing two superpowers to the brink of World War III, Cuba has evolved from being a vacation hotspot for United States citizens, to a prominent symbol of a leftist, socialist government within the Western Hemisphere. (Silverman, p. 314) The evolution and radical change that has left us with the modern Cuba we now begs us to look further and beyond the path…

“Miami isn’t too far; it is ninety-five miles away at the most…” Maya’s 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 and malnourishment. The journey would be perilous, which made me wonder if it was worth it. I longed to voice my dissent and convince her to condone the actions of the corrupt government, however I knew the time to liberate had come. My patience for living life…

The country of Cuba has a lot of great features. The leader of Cuba is Raúl Castro. The official currency is the Cuban peso. It is divided into 100 centavos. Pesos are divided into 1, 3,5,1,20,50,100. The Cuban Convertible Peso (CUC) was founded by the Cuban financial authorities to take out all foreign currencies from circulation, and offer an alternative that is equal to US dollars. It replaces the dollar as currency where previous dollars were quoted in places such as hotels, restaurants and…

People hear the name Cuba and automatically think old architecture, beautiful women, and amazing food. Little do they know, those who live in Cuba are suffering and live in poverty. They look like they are stuck in time because their government stands corrupt. Their government advocates class war, sees that property is owned by all and that all are treated according to their needs and abilites. Because of that, the government does not do much to make things better for their people and economy.…

In between the years 1890 to 1897 many important events during the time impacted Cuba how they were and how they are today. Many important people were present during that time like Jose Marti and Anthony Maceo who were leaders in a revolutionary party. During those years of 1890-1897 Cuba was important because of Jose Marti, Anthony Maceo, and the start Cuban independence war which led to freedom. Jose Marti was an important person during that time when it came to the revolutionary party. He…

There are many reasons that draw me towards wanting to attend the Cuba International Field Program this summer. Firstly, it would provide an extremely rare opportunity and experience, especially for a global studies undergrad such as myself, in an advanced graduate research study. Secondly, the fact that I would have the ability to go to a country that is an underexplored gold mine and study race relations has been a dream of mine. The issue of race has been something the United States, and the…

“Miami isn’t too far; it is ninety-five miles away at the most…” Maya’s 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 and malnourishment. 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, however I knew the time had come. I was tired of living life as nothing…

under the category of foreign relations. as of now, there is a controversial bill titled, Cuba Reconciliation Act.this piece of legislation aims to build new relation among the foreign nation of Cuba and the United State by repealing the embargo placed on all trade. permitting in U.S. citizens to travel to and from Cuba .while this bill could potentially mend the bond between the united states and Cuba. the Obama administration fail to address the principle on which the united state stands…

1). The easing of policies can open up more avenues of cooperation and the exchanging of ideas between the U.S.’s “curative model” of medicine and Cuba's model of preventive medicine(Aitsiselmi pg.1). A third reason for normalizing relations with Cuba is for the benefit of Cuban citizens. They are not to blame and are merely at the mercy…