Fidel Castro

Havana, Cuba is the major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city was burned down by French pirates and mad local slaves, the royal crown responded by building “Castillo de la Fuerza”. In January, Spain was on war because of England, and in June Havana was captured by a British force. They left the Island in less than two years. The next year, the English and Spanish governments traded Florida for Havana. The top 10 things you can do or visit on Havana: Old Havana, Plaza de la…

The thirteenth amendment of the U.S. Constitution forbids slavery or involuntary servitude unless you have duly been convicted of a crime, then involuntary servitude is permitted (U.S. Const. amend. X111). Today, convict leasing is still in place. Inmates are encouraged to work for states, whether it is picking up trash alongside the road or doing construction work to working in fields. If inmates refuse to work, they well be held in solitary confinement and lose privileges from seeing family…

called “flexible response”. The flexible response was JFK's effort to move away from Eisenhower's policy of massive retaliation. Early in his new presidency JFK made the decision to execute a previously approved plan for the invasion of Cuba by anti-castro refugees.…

I pray that this letter finds you and the family in the best of health and spirit. I have traveled to the Americas, to reconnect with our distant family acquaintance and relative Nicolas de Ovando. Nicolas has become the Governor of Hispaniola and I’m proud of him. I have been helping Nicolas with establishing a colony for a large number of years. I enjoy what I do here and it is definitely better than law school. I took part in a very big expedition and we captured many Indians who became…

with Cuba, the U.S. government began to prepare for an invasion. Although there was no immediate threat coming from Cuba, Kennedy wanted to prove to the Soviets that they would not tolerate such behavior. An attack on Cuba was always the plan since Castro assumed control, but Kennedy wanted to avoid an outright attack, knowing that the Soviets would see this as an act of war, so all the plans were kept secret. Much to the embarrassment of president Kennedy and the CIA, the invasion was a…

falsity of their propagated message about Castro and the Cuba situation in general. For this I will turn to one of my most important primary documents, an intelligence report on Castro’s first year running Cuba. This report reveals that they were fully aware of his immense popularity prior to their attacks, and equally aware of his capabilities to be a good leader. Essentially, this document states that one of the main reasons for justification to overthrow Castro was in fact his strong…

Castro ordered 20,000 troops to go to the beaches. The Cuban air force were controlling the air. B-26’s arrived an hour late due to timezone change between Nicaragua and Cuba (jfklibrary, n.d.). Castro must have been very strategic or lucky with his counter-attack. After the invasion, Castro had to think on what to do with the traitors. After the planes were shot down, some exiles manage to leave…

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…

Bolivar's Dream for Latin America Simon Bolivar was known as El Liberator by the people of Bolivia he led the drive for independence from the Spain. He was the liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, panama, Peru, Ecuador and also the founder of Bolivia. He also have a city, country and currency named after him. He was born to a rich slave owner’s family who also owned plantations, mines, and slaves. His statue is located in New York City. Bolivar dreams was to have union of countries that can…

Leonel Mejia September 14, 2015 Contemporary World Short Assignment #4 The Cold War - Colombia The Truman Doctrine which was established in 1947, basically states that the United States would provide help to democratic nations who are under the pressure of outside forces trying to take over. The help would come in form of political, military and economic aid. In South America, Colombia has been one of the countries affected by the Truman Doctrine. Colombia has suffered from internal conflict in…