Cuban American

After the 1950s, Fidel Castro was arguably the most prominent figure in Cuban politics, as he was the instigator of the Cuban Revolution, of which we still see the long-lasting outcomes in Cuba today. Along with Che Guevara and his brother, Raúl Castro, Fidel Castro went on to become a principal contender in the armed uprising against the US-backed authoritarian government run by Fulgencio Batista. As a revolutionary leader, Castro’s competence as a liberator, and the future of Cuba has been…

In the beginning of his presidency he was a very good leader making many reforms to improve cuban life while keeping the american plantation owners in cuba happy. However he became increasingly unpopular when he rigged elections to surround himself by army heads and political friends. One of these very unhappy people was fidel castro, a popular lawyer for the…

however, a reader must look over multiple sources from both sides of an argue or subject. In the case of the Cuban Revolution we must find sources from Cubans and Americans to give the reader the information that one source may lack. While most americans in the 1960’s saw Cuba as a threat and Castro and his revolution as a failure that could lead to the downfall of the U.S., most Cubans supported Castro is his goals for the country and that capitalism was imperial. They saw the reforms put in…

When castro came into power he had nationalized all american companies in Cuba. He disagreed with everything that General Fulgencio Batista stood for so he did what he knew he wanted and what the people wanted. In a form of retaliation, America stopped all aid and all imports of Cuban sugar. This greatly affected Cuba because the sugar was the mainstay of its economy. With Cuba’s economy going down into ruin Castro had to think of something to help his country and stop his people from dying of…

greater profits on cash crops (Williamson). Secondly the Haitian slave rebellion of 1791 prevented the production of sugar on that island which, made the formerly neglected island of Cuba the center of a sugar boom (Staten). Last growing US market for Cuban sugar allowed the US to replace Spain…

posters on the history of the Cuban revolution. Commenorating the 20th anniversary of the assault on the Morcada” (Corrigan 15). He was the most popular propaganda artist in the region at the time. The subtitle under the poster read “flee Batista! Join the revolution and rid the country of the corruption and inequality bred by the selfish, greedy Batista. Castro is a man of the people a forceful, visionary and independent leader who will not supplicate to American business and jeopardize 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 of the cultural significance the U.S. has on Cuban society. Pérez accomplishes this by studying the period between the…

Prior to the Cuban Revolution, Cuba was under the rule of Spain and it was the Spanish-American War that resulted in the Spanish withdrawal from Cuba in 1898. The United States of America supported in the Spanish-American war because of the many numbers of resources into organizations in Cuba and furthermore that numerous U.S residents dwelled there. After the Spanish American war, Spain relinquished control of Cuba to the United States. Fulgencio Batista officer and political pioneer who twice…

segregated, and although more than half of Cubans are mulatto or full African, those people did not enjoy the rights they deserved. Even the then-president of Cuba, Fulgencio Batista, was not allowed into a famous club because he was a mulatto. Even though Cuba had a 76% literacy rate, was ranked 5th in South America in per capita income and was also ranked 3rd in life expectancy, Cuba wasn’t a perfect place. As previously mentioned, racism was a huge problem in Cuban society, and the large gap…

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 Batista. Fidel Castro became dictator in 1959.Castro had been a concern in the U.S. since he siezed power in cuba with a revolution. There was a new order about 100 miles away from the United States made American…