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    ground in restoring relations. Having been at odds since 1961, many politicians believed the two countries would not restore ties any time soon. The tumultuous U.S.-Cuba relationship is rooted in the Cold War. Following the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. levied an economic and diplomatic embargo which would last for the next 54 years. As recently as December 2014, the United States and Cuba agreed to restore full diplomatic relations. While loosening restriction may…

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    allowed to go unchecked and unchallenged, ultimately leads to war,” stated by John F. Kennedy. President Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States. He leads the Cuban Missile Crisis and succeeded in stopping the missiles without having a war with Cuba. Not only stop from having another war, but he also saved the nation. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted 13 days (October 16-28, 1962) and was a fight between the United States and the Soviet Union. This concerned the problem of having the…

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    SALT And START Talks

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    Detail the SALT and START treaties, the major players involved and the impact of these treaties. o SALT • 1960s, the United States learned that the Soviet Union had embarked upon a massive Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) buildup designed to reach parity with the United States. • In January 1967, President Lyndon Johnson announced that the Soviet Union had begun to construct a limited Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) defense system around Moscow. • The development of an ABM system could…

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    of America and the Republic of Cuba can only be regarded as tumultuous and calls into question the morality of various governmental actions concerning both parties. The Cuban embargo, enacted under President Eisenhower, clearly depicts the rise and fall of tensions between the two nations. In America, the ethicality of the Cuban embargo remains a frequently debated topic. However, individuals properly briefed on past and present relations between the United States and Cuba will, without a doubt,…

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    Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli was born November 25, 1881, in a small town located in northern Italy. As he would complete his catholic school education, Angelo decided to join the priesthood and offer his services in World War I. After his service as a chaplain in the war, he would be promoted to the cardinal-patriarch of Venice and the observer of the Holy See at United Nation Education Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO), where he would address the general assemblies of UNESCO about world…

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    Espinosa book, “The Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence” delineates on the beginning of the epidemic yellow fever and how it has impacted US and Cuba relations. This disease originated in Cuba in 1878 and later made its way to the Southern and Northern United states where it infected a large amounts of the population. This disease was killing many Americans causing business to halt and everyday life to stop which also in turn meant that one of American most valuable income sources…

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    The Cuban missile crisis started on October 15, 1962. Data from a US spy plane was being reviewed and analyzed, and it was discovered that there was Soviet Union missile silos being built in Cuba. Days later on October 22 John F. Kennedy, the presiding president at the time, delivered a speech over national television and radio to address the situation. Kennedy announced in his speech that he was ordering a naval quarantine of Cuba to prevent soviet ships from transporting any more missiles or…

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    The Cuban Missile crisis was a time period during the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States. It was a political standoff between these two countries that lasted for a total of 13 days in took place between October 16-28 1962. It was called the Cuban Missile Crisis because it was all about the United States finding out that the Soviet Union had put nuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles off the coast of America. In 1959 Fidel Castro took control of the island Cuba located in the…

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    Jfk Response

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    United States and their future possible invasions was by accepting help from the Soviets. However, Kennedy did not respond to this in the way that Castro wanted. Kennedy’s next move was incredibly risky, but due to his new aggressive policy towards the Cubans and Russians, he decided to go through with it. By placing a blockade around Cuba, which denied Russia access to them, Kennedy isolated Castro and forced him to decide whether to attack or give in to Kennedy’s demands. This move was risky…

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    “The biggest risk is not taking any risk...In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risk. -Mark Zuckerberg. This quote was stated by the author in a interview where he is trying to give helpful advice to early entrepreneurs. This quote basically means if you don 't take a chance that greatly affects your life then you probably will fail because you didn 't even try. This quote fits in our society today because of all the new technology…

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