Cubans

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…

Cuba Articles Environmental/natural resource issue: If Cuba is known for anything, it would have to be there popularized coral reefs and their tourist attractions. The country is filled with thousands of miles of coral reef ecosystems which are pristine and healthy. But experts fear that Cuba may face degradation and coral reefs eventually will disappear if precautions are not taken. And also believe with the expansion of tourism, mechanized agriculture and oil exploration, it could possibly…

Economy Two studies, 26 years apart, conducted an analysis of the effects of Cuban immigration on the Miami labor market after the Mariel boatlift. The first study conducted by David card showed that 50% of Cubans that immigrated during the Mariel boatlift decided to reside in Miami permanently ( quote). This resulted in a 7% increase and workers in the Miami market and a 20% increase in the Cuban working population ( Card). The study also showed that the employment rate rose from 5% in…

world. From the Soviet Union to China, communism has always been a part of human history. Rather than looking at either of these, this essay will look at communism that unravelled in a small island by the name of Cuba and will try to determine if Cuban communism is an ideology. Before this can be delved into, ideology must be first understood and must set the conditions in which an idea can truly be called an ideology. As defined by the class notes on ideology, ideologies are "political ideals…

Lord has blessed us with. Unfortunately, not all people groups are blessed in such a way, and this fact had been made clear to me when I looked into what Cubans need to live through, and do for their families in order to survive. Based off the few articles that I had looked into, it was clear that there are different types of people living in Cuban; people who feel hopeless to the point that they would build their own raft to float across the ocean, and others who feel like Cuba is their…

ATTENTION! Spaniards invading Cuba! We as Americans need to expand, we need to get bigger, we need to get stronger. We need Cuba! Maximo Gomez, Calixto Garcia, and Jose Marti are the main leaders of the Cuban revolution. Cuba is going through separation from the Spanish Empire. Cuba is a land that consists of lush, green jungles and foliage covered hills and mountains. The coast contains beautiful beaches and gorgeous views. The land mostly consists of sugarcane and tobacco fields for crop…

area is 42,803 square miles, 110,860 square kilometers. Cuba’s main land lies south of Florida in the Caribbean Sea by the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba has a lot of bays, beaches, and harbors. Cuban culture reflects on its Spanish colonial past and African influences. United Sates won the Spanish American War in 1898 the Cuban people were poverty or got rich. As some can see Cuba is not as advanced as it should be in 2014. Population Cuba’s population is 11.2 million people. Cuba’s language is Spanish.…

and some have married their masters, which resulted to Cuban mulattos (cuban-culture.com). Other races have also come to Cuba in the past such as Russian, Chinese and European. Three dominant bloods are present in Cubans makeup: “First of these roots is that of the aborigine inhabitants; their ethnic contribution was reduced by the impact of the conquest and colonisation process. It is for this reason that the more significant roots in the Cuban nationality are Spanish and African. The first was…

the sanctions are lifted by the U.S. government then they can open up to tourist and through their hotels, they can help to lift the economic dismay that they have been feeling. (Dudash, 2015) This can help to build better relationships with the Cuban and American governments and help to build a more secure region in the…

The Cuban´s ended the Spanish in a war on 1895 after a lot of attempts of trying to get back their freedom from the Spanish Empire since 1511. The cuban rebellion was known for a long time to produce sugar that is until the Spanish came along. In the early 1800ś on 1825 the Spanish invoked martial law in cuba. This disabled the Cubans in having their own independence and restricted them to fight or operate a press and even associate. This is when the uprise from Cuba came to be throughout this…