Cuban American

As a student with very limited knowledge on the Cuban revolution, with information only gathered from movies about the Cuban missile crisis and short reads on the Bay of Pigs, as well as the numerous sightings of Che Guevara shirts, I found this paper to be a great opportunity to learn more about a subject that has been a large part of American politics. However, after reading the chapter about the Cuban revolution in Jan Rogozinski’s book, I found that there were main issues that could be…

There was a time that Cuba was undergoing an economic crisis. Fidel did not seem to have any grit to overcome this trouble. Cubans then became furious but Fidel soon realized that this was damaging his rule in office and fixed the economic struggle that Cuba was going through (“History of Latin America”). He once had the Title of Premier until 1976, then he was president of the…

days was supported by the whole Cuban elite, but the changes brought by the Castro led government into the economic and social sector diminished the support from the Catholic Church, a faction of the American establishment, and the Latin American governments.…

Cuba’s relation with the United States dwindled, and those with the Soviet Union progressed, tensions arose from those political transgressions and many failed assassination attempts by the American government. The Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis was a stepping stone to what we know as Cuban-American political relations. Announced at the end 2014 by the current United States President Barak Obama, relations with Cuba needed reformation and were outdated. “In the most significant…

actual name of the prison is called Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Guantanamo Bay is also a United States Naval Base. The United States first acquired the territory by seizing it from the Cubans during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The United States’ ultimate goal was to prevent fighting between the Cubans, to protect U.S. economic interests and to hold free elections in order to establish a new and legitimate government. Five years later, the U.S. and Cuba signed a lease, giving Guantanamo…

regime smothered the development of Cuba financially and socially, leaving the country oppressed and in poverty. Corruption ran high in Cuban government, with government officials making lucrative deals with American corporations with the sole purpose of self gain, leaving little for the average Cuban populace. Following the dethronement of this dictatorship, Cubans were looking for a leader and a saviour that would represent their needs and wants, and a leader whom they could trust. This…

building up relationships outside of Cuba and saving money. When my Uncle gather enough money, he fled with his wife and two sons to Spain, where he lived peacefully until the cuban goverment found him and try to kill him and his family. He had to fled again, so he moved to Venezuela. After living there for three years the cuban government found him again, but this time my great uncle was ready. When two mens broke down into his house, my great uncle hide and wait for the right moment to…

The Socialism Revolution and Its Impact in Cuba Introduction Cuban revolution is the first revolution in Latin America. The first cause of the Cuban revolution was when Cuba was led by a former military President named Filguenco Batista y Zaldivar. He could gain his power after taking power from the previous President and he began to rule in Cuba in 1934. He managed to get the influence of the United State of America. During his reign Batista acts as a dictator so that the natural wealth…

The Spanish-American War was the conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. It was one of only eleven US wars to have been formally declared by Congress. The Spanish–American War began in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement…

“My wife, Bonnie, and I were pleased to visit Cuba a couple years ago through the auspices of the Wooster Area Chamber of Commerce,” attorney J. Douglas Drushal said. “The trip was fascinating, and every day was interesting. From the vintage 1950s American cars, to the Soviet-style newer buildings, to the Spanish-style elegant older buildings, to the beautiful cities and rural areas, all was interesting.” Though Cupples and the students were in Cuba at the same time as Obama, “We were not…