Cuban literature

most popular Cuban media. El Paquete is a 1 Terabyte size changing database of digital content, mostly pirated, and transferred informally through USB external hard drives. El Paquete is nothing like television, any form of radio, or the Internet. It is a huge media phenomenon run through hand-to-hand distribution and outside of government control. There, Siré has managed to insert an Art Gallery. WHO IS NESTOR SIRÉ? Nestor Sire is a 28 years old Havana-based artist who is concerned with technological mediation as a creative process. His grandfather redistributed Corin Tellado novels, pirated films in Betacam videocassettes, and most recently, traded a…

building successful and enduring relations between both countries. Economic development: The economic development in Cuba is a tense situation. This is nothing new, Cubans have experienced power cuts in Havana; which resulted in the use of oil lamps to light their homes. And also they were reduced to walking and/or bicycling miles to work because there was no gasoline. Cuba’s economy has only grown just by one percent in the first six months of the year of 2016. Economic development demonstrates…

El Rapto de las Mulatas, made in 1938, is a painting by Cuban avant-garde artist Carlos Enriquez. It translates to “The Abduction of the Mulatas,” where mulatas are mixed race women in Cuba. The painting portrays a scenario that is described very literally in the title: a pair of mulatas being abducted and raped by two men who seem to be guajiros, Cuban countrymen. There are varying theories pertaining to what exactly the painting really represents, but most of these theories are centered around…

afternoon. The topic of this speech is on the United States should or should not lift the Cuban embargo. This is a very short backstory behind the embargo placed on Cuba. The U.S. placed an trade embargo on Cuba in 1962 and added travel restrictions in 1963. The economic embargo was placed because Cuba had taken oil-refineries which were American owned as their own and Cuba did not give compensation to the U.S. Since then, the U.S. disliked Cuba and mostly Cuba’s leader Fidel Castro who wanted…

Everybody leaves behind a legacy. Some big, some small; some good and others bad. Great leaders leave behind the greatest legacies. Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, left behind a legacy controversial to many. In spite of the fact that many Americans view Fidel Castro with a reprobative attitude, once he came into power he made many laws that gave his people great benefits and opportunities that still continue today. Fidel Castro, a Havana lawyer, ran for the Cuban congress, but it…

recognition is often the response to a t-shirt emblazoned with the bearded face and black beret. Forty-five years after the death of Ernest “Che” Guevara, his portrait is the most reproduced image in the history of photography. The photo, entitled “Guerillero Heroic” was first published in 1967 and exploded as a symbol of revolution (Ziff). This explosive fame was what followed the rumored circumstance of his death. Guevara was known to reportedly be the most glamorized and successful…

In researching the business culture of another foreign country for the use of an informational memo. I am letting my classmates, know what country has been chosen to research and share some of it's interesting facts on the country of Cuba. How is that country's culture similar to or different from U.S. culture? Despite the fact, of some of the ways Cuban culture can be similar to U.S. culture may be through the average family of the U.S. having 3.19 members, where the Cuban family average has…

Louis A. Pérez initiates the academic literature that studies the relationship between America and Cuba, which has shaped 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…

The Life of Jose Marti Tory Anderson Penn State Dubois Jose Julian Marti y Perez was a Cuban journalist. He spent much of his life fighting for Cuba’s independence. In his life he traveled to many places. Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to witness Cuba freed but to Cuba he is their nation hero, some people refer to him as the Apostle of the Cuban Revolution. He became the symbol of Cuba’s struggle for freedom (Liukkonen). Jose Marti played a major role in helping free Cuba from…

Che Guevara: Reviled and Revered Today, Che Guevara is looked at as a symbol of rebellion. However, Che Guevara is both revered and reviled in today's society due to his horrific actions of being a cruel leader, but successfully being committed to the justice of the people of the Cuban Revolution. Born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. He was part of a middle class family that was the source of most of his political views. As a child,…