Cuban cuisine

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…

As an artist of the 1970’s, Ana Mendieta is interested in exploring art beyond the confines of a studio setting. Because the earth art movement offers an earth-centered, liberating approach to artmaking, Ana Mendieta chooses to produce work that fits into that category. The techniques and ideologies associated with the movement allow her to challenge a multiplicity of paradigms that conflict with her identities. Even though Mendieta’s work fits within the earth art movement, her artwork’s…

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…

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…

was not true; they wanted to protect their business interests in Cuba; the other reason was the mysterious explosion of U.S.S. Maine ship in Havana Harbor. In Cuba people were tyrannized by Spain; no one wanted to be under Spanish rule. In 1868 Cubans started a fight for their independence; they fought ten years and did not win until America helped. They tried whatever they could, but it was obvious that the Spain was stronger. America saw this mess as something that was…

Constructions of gender throughout Cuban history have shaped Cuba into the country that it is. Both masculine and feminine constructions have occurred, with Fidel Castro’s beard as a sign of masculinity or how patriarchy before the 1930’s shaped the way that women were sexualized and controlled. In the past century, women’s roles had changed tremendously from before the revolution, during the revolution, and post-revolution. Cuban women were sexualized before the revolution, which increased…

The novel exposes the reader to the hardships of slavery experienced firsthand by the main character Chen Pan, the imprint the Chinese indentured workers made in Cuban society, and the legacy which was carried on by the descendants of these workers. The simplistic, straight-forward manner in which the material is presented will allow most readers, even those without any prior knowledge to this period of history,…

In Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez sets the story of a murder in a small town in Bolivia. The novel takes place in the 1950s, with parallels of political characters such as Santiago to the Cuban regime under Batista and the Vicario bothers to Fidel Castro, Marquez creates an allegory for the rise and fall of left wing Latino governments. Left wing governments, in this context, aim to create equality through regulations while right wing governments govern with the ideology…

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…

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…