Cubans

somewhere under 700 and was mostly inhabited by Yankees and Caribbean fishermen. Yet, by 1887 the population would quadruple in size. This increase in residents would be the effect of Tampa’s introduction to the Cuban cigar industry by 1887 and the establishment of Ybor City. To my own belief, the Cuban cigar industry and the immigrant workers that gathered to Ybor (and eventually West Tampa) would have such…

4.2 John F. Kennedy – In movie and in real life “Thirteen Days” is a fictional dramatized movie, which follows the events during the Cuban Missile Crisis chronologically. The movie follows the presidential advisor Kenny O’Donnell and the Kennedy brothers as well as the meetings with the ExCom members. When Kennedy was elected president in 1960 and began his presidency in 1961, he was a popular man. Being the youngest president he had a certain charisma, which people loved. When Kennedy married…

but in all in all, it comes down to the individual running the state that sets the stepping stones for the future of the state. In the individual level of analysis, decisions are made by the individual leader and that was certainly the case in the Cuban Missile Crisis. Sure, Kennedy created the ExComm, but ultimately, he made the final decision.…

Rafael stepped onto the passenger ship with his luggage in hand. His face was stone-cold and emotionless. He lacked the spring in his step and smile in his eyes that rarely left his kindly face. However, today was different. Imagine you have belief which is so sound that you are willing to fight and die for it. Now imagine that you found out that by fighting for this belief, you had caused someone you loved unimaginable pain. This was all Rafael could think about. Was this all his life…

For decades, John F. Kennedy was celebrated as the president of the United States who saved the entire world from destruction, while thermonuclear war was imminent during the Cuban Missile Crisis. This anti-communist, anti-Soviet president led the United States through a period of superiority against the Soviet Union after the president influenced Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev to remove Soviet nuclear missiles situated on the island of Cuba located merely 90 miles off the coast of Florida. For…

Fidel Castro Cuban Revolution Embargo Soviet Union Eisenhower Cuban Exiles JFK Bay of Pigs Air support Khrushchev Blockade Turkey Cuban Missile Crisis Agreements In 1959, Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba, Cuban Revolution. As a result of Castro taking over many of the American companies, America instituted an embargo against Cuba. However, Fidel castro began to accept help from the Soviet Union, both economic and military aid. Later on, in 1960, President Eisenhower agreed to let the CIA…

some government-sponsored Cuban individuals were allowed to work in the United States. The short story “In Cuba I was German shepherd” discusses the exile and adaptation; it shows how the exiles re-map the places and reorient people to understand the new land and familiarize themselves; the exile employs old experience and applies it to a new mysterious world in order to orient himself.…

Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, Cuba, and the Soviet Union and it is part from the Cold War. Its started when the United States want to overthrow the Cuban regime and Cuba build secret bases of nuclear missiles that could destroy most of the American lands. This crisis has different point of views for each Cuba, United States, and the Soviet Union. First point of view Cuba, Cuba is the first country outside Eastern Europe and Over 30 years Castro was the…

Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis As the title states, the book is a memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis through the lense of the White House. In span of 13 days, the world faced one of the most critical event in history. The stakes were nuclear war, which could have obliterated much of the life on earth from nuclear fallout. In a nutshell, after World War II, the two superpowers in the world were, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Without…

Question 1 · The Cold War is categorized as the rise of ideologies and the constant changes in power; a prime example is seen post the Cuban Revolution of 1945. Cuba’s Revolution created significant political and “economical struggles due to the dependence of American resources, for instance, sugar” (Robert 657). Prior to the Cuban Revolution, the United States and Cuba coincided with one another mainly because Cuba wanted to introduce the idea of democracy to Latin America; soon…