Cuban Revolution

underlying factors that led to the crisis The Cuban missile crisis, was the instance known to all, where the world was the closest to a nuclear warfare between 2 of the most powerful countries at the time. This crisis involved 2 superpowers, the United States, The Soviet Union and the Island of Cuba. Cuba is a small island that is located 160 km from the coast of Florida (USA), it was a US ally that had US businesses and a US military base in Guantanamo. A revolution that began in 1953 was led…

The Cuban missile crisis was one of the tensest points of the cold war. This 13-day standoff between The United States and the Soviet Union was the closest that the world has ever been to an all-out nuclear war. This portion of the Cold War was an example of intimidation between two nations. What will be explained here is the causes and effects that the Cuban Missile Crisis had on the people of each union, as well as to summarize the events that occurred during this standoff. The Cuban Missile…

Enlightenment at Papi’s Cuban Restaurant Food is a great way to reach people and make them feel sensations they have never felt before. Taste is one of the greatest of the five senses, and the ability to try a different culture’s food and get a glimpse of a new country with out ever leaving your hometown is amazing. Trying another culture’s food for the first time can be a very interesting experience. For instance if someone tries something that is from a Cuban restaurant he or she might enjoy…

open and my body shaking from head to toes. What I am currently witnessing is something out of this world, nothing like what I was expecting, but so much better. Where I come from, the food is amazing, Cuban food, it is certainly one of my favorite and being at the world 's oldest Spanish and Cuban restaurant is unrealistic. Being excited is not my thing, you see, nothing really impresses me, but that day, my mind was for sure blown away. There is so much history behind those one hundred and…

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…

By Lizabel Mónica Visual Artist Nestor Siré has set up an art gallery inside today's 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…

Now Those Are Some Expensive Socks Mark Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. He also owns a plethora of businesses such as Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures. As a personality, he is likely best known for his role as an investor on the television show "Shark Tank." Cuban is also a multi-billionaire and can buy pretty much whatever he wants. Even so, $250,000 is a lot to spend on socks. To be fair, the investment was not for a single pair of high-end golden footies, but for a 20…

On October 28, 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States closer than it ever did before to a nuclear war. It was a pivotal moment in the Cold War. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen-day confrontation between the U.S. and Soviet Union lasting from October 15 to October 28 over missiles deployed in Cuba by the Soviet Union. This event taught the U.S. to face the horrible possibility that they and their world might cease to exist on the morrow. Back in 1959, Cuba’s…

To better understand the significance of intelligence provided by Oleg Penkovsky during the Cuban missile crisis, it is of utmost important to examine the climate of the intelligence community in the United States leading up to the crisis. On September 19th, 1962, about a month before the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE) on “The military Buildup in Cuba” considered the possibility of the Soviet’s deployment of medium and intermediate-range…

I agree with you about the Hispanic comments ans questions. That was a bit much. People are too consumed with race and labels now. However, I disagree with you on a few other points. If they were having a real conversation about race and racism then it would have made sense, but they were just labeling people and trying to pit them against each other. There is absolutely still a problem with racism- Carson, Cruz, and Rubio are subjected to it all the time. All three men have rose to prominent…