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communist and fear ideology, propaganda has been an effective tool to justify and contort the actions of an imperialist nation. From the Cuban Revolution,…

The Image of Ernesto “Che” Guevara The image of Ernesto "Che" Guevara is dramatically transformed in the two part biographical film “Che” directed by Steven Soderbergh. In the first part of the film, (during the revolutionary campaign of Cuba) Che is heavily romanticized to the mythological and iconic figure many are familiar with today. This more “mature” Che is very different than the younger Guevara we see in Motorcycle Diaries. In Motorcycle Diaries, Guevara is portrayed as a young and…

Chin Peng is the leader of the communist party of Malaya . He was well known for being a wily operator and the brains behind the guerrilla warfare of the Emergency which occurred between 1948 to 1960. Communist Party of Malaya as claimed by Chin Peng, was the factor that was instrumental in securing Malaya’s independence in 1957. But, it was not the only factor. Other factors such as the British government and the United Malays National Organisations(UMNO) were also instrumental in securing…

Melodramatic Cuba There has been a resurgence of melodrama in Cuban film since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Indeed, two of Cuba’s most prominent and historically significant filmmakers, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Humberto Solás, have produced highly melodramatic films in the almost two decades since the Soviet collapse, a time known in Cuba as the special period. 1 While there are certainly melodramatic tendencies in other post-revolutionary Cuban films, melodrama has generally been derided…

entire family from the beginning and described certain Bacardi family members who played a vital role in the Cuban Wars of independence. There is also focus on the fifty year period between 1902 and 1952 and the actions of the family members. Gjelten’s attention in the end of the story was on the various responses of the Bacardi family to the 1960s. The book shed light on the changing U.S. - Cuban relations that spanned for two centuries. This paper will focus on the Bacardi family members who…

Che Guevara had the confidence that communism would save the disadvantaged people of Latin America in the Cuban Revolution in 1956-1959, and continued to be a guerrilla leader in South America. Since his execution by the Bolivian army in 1967, he has been considered a legendary political figure and an icon of radicalism and anti-imperialism because he exemplifies the core characteristics of what it takes to be a leader (Besancenot, Lowy, & Membrez). According to Warren Bennis, an American…

Gladiatorial Journal 3/21/37 - My first day at the gladiatorial school in Rome was unpleasant to say the least. I was a prisoner of war, and my name was Caiu. I was born in Sicily and was captured during the Sicilian Revolt. First, I was assessed by the Lanista, which was the owner of the gladiatorial school. They referred me as ‘novicius,’ which was what all the new recruits were called. After being assessed by the Lanista, I was checked by the doctor or Medici. They checked my physical…

been formally declared by Congress. The Spanish–American War began in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, Revolts against Spanish rule had been occurring for some years in Cuba. There had been war scares before, as in…

William Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, exudes multiple lessons and represents many leaders in today’s society. His play shows the result of what happens when an overly ambitious leader gets stuck in way too deep. In many ways Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, resembles Shakespearean character, Macbeth. Fidel is widely known for bringing a communist government to Cuba, his use of guerilla warfare tactics, and the Bay of Pigs invasion. His way of running Cuba shaped the country into the power force it…

organization, in cooperation with the Cuban government, that focused on reforming laws in relating to cultivated land for farming and land property. The First Agrarian Reform Law of 1959 expropriated from private landowners. A reason for expropriation is,“The 1946 Agricultural Census was out of date and the form in which the statistics were available rendered them useless for practical purposes.” Therefore the immediate reason for expropriation was date collecting, since the Cuban Government…