Cuban cuisine

Introduction: Cuban Immigration To The United States Most people hear the word “immigrant” and think “illegal.” This is an unfortunate connotation that doesn’t take into account the millions of immigrants who are here in the United States legally. By using the word “immigrant” as a negative phrase, we deny the importance of immigrants to our society. The U.S is a nation of immigrants, and while we do not need to have open borders, we also need to recognize the importance of our American…

and the revolutionary forces of the July 26th movement, their namesake coming from a previous attack against the Batista regime that had failed. The very next day saw an end to fighting, and a young Cuban lawyer emerged victorious. (NSA, Bay of Pigs C hronology) Though relatively unknown prior to the Cuban Revolution, both world superpowers of the cold war soon took notice of this young lawyer by the name of Fidel Castro. A young senator from Massachusetts soon began talking about Castro’s…

Ambitious leaders Throughout history there have always been leaders with strong ambitions and some of their ambitions were worth the price and the others were not. For people like Cesar Chavez, who was able to fulfill his ambition, the price was worth it because it helped a lot of people. On the other hand, people like Che Guevara and Robert E. Lee’s ambitions were not worth the price because it resulted in not being able to fulfill those ambitions. Guevara was killed and Lee lost the war.…

problems within the military of Batista led to his fall and he fled the country. At the age of 32, Castro took the country, under pressure to form a new and improved government. Historians have assessed Castro’s ideas and policies, his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the effect of the Bay of Pigs attack. Fidel had many policies to do with his people’s every day lives, including when “food was rationed so that no one would go hungry” and “everyone's rent was given a ceiling of 10 percent…

extreme food insecurity, the political leadership could not afford to ignore the needs of the population, particularly in a country like Cuba, where food and politics are inextricably intertwined" (Premat 35). This just highlights the importance of the Cuban population and the measure the government are willing to take just to aid the…

The Motorcycle Diaries is a journey in both senses of the word. It is about Che Guevara and his friend Alberto Granado’s trip from Argentina, South America, and eventually Miami. He originally planned a day-trip that stretched out to a month’s stay with only a dollar bill and the plane that he flew. While finishing medical school, he spent many of his holidays traveling in Latin America, and observing the great poverty that lead to the great conclusion that being violent was the only revolution.…

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 mid-nineteenth…

Some of these programs that Castro elaborated on and received immense support from the Cuban population were aimed at correcting problems such as managing of land, lack of industrialization and modernization, unemployment, education, and health of the working class4. This idea of fixing these social issue were part of all the populist movements…

Many of those who write about the Cuban Revolution have credited him as being the soul of the revolution (Valdés 27). His rhetoric in History Will Absolve Me is partly a testament to that sentiment. As stated, the speech largely outline the goals Castro hoped the revolution would accomplish and his reasoning for trying to seize Moncada. Still, the language that he employs in this speech is similar to rhetoric that he used decades forward. This speech did not gain instant attention, but its…

claim that Che’s arrived at Marxism through Cuban Revolution experience. Che experienced the revolution in Cuba, he even took part in the Cuban revolution. He was a leading figure of the Cuban revolution, but he was already a Marxist when he was in Guatemala, and he was possessed by reading Communism books. Che was interested in sharing his knowledge about communism. As he met Cuban refugees, he strived to share his knowledge. As he shared it with a Cuban Militant named Dario Lopez. Che Guevara…