Fidel Castro

Ambitious leaders Throughout history there have always been leaders with strong ambitions and some of their ambitions were worth the price and the others were not. For people like Cesar Chavez, who was able to fulfill his ambition, the price was worth it because it helped a lot of people. On the other hand, people like Che Guevara and Robert E. Lee’s ambitions were not worth the price because it resulted in not being able to fulfill those ambitions. Guevara was killed and Lee lost the war.…

Cuban Foreign Minister was in charge of the flag-raising ceremony that was taking place because full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the United States were restored thanks to the agreement of U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro. There were hundreds and hundreds of people drawn together on the street outside of the embassy, “they played Cuba’s national anthem and three Cuban soldiers in dress uniforms stood at the base of the flagpole and raised the flag”(Lee, 2015).…

country is Cuba. The people of Cuba felt as if this was the first step to them becoming a dictatorship, and preferred their current democracy. This led to a newly elected high-ranking official to take matters into his own hands. This person was Fidel Castro. He decided to lead an uprising against Fulgencio Batista. He was unsuccessful, and was thrown in prison. His actions, however, had turned him into a hero to the poor citizens of Cuba. He was then released in 1955 and went to Mexico with his…

6 Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez Xiuhtezcatl was born in 2000 in boulder,co. His parents are Tamara Roske and Siri Martinez. his siblings are Itzcuauhtli Roske-Martinez and Tonantzin Roske-Martinez and Xiuhtezcatl has been in the business of trying to save the world since age six. He told a powerful speech<add quote about speech at the united nations in 2015 when he was 15 years old. He also works at the youth director of earth Guardians,a world…

film shows the Cuban Revolution from the start of Fidel Castro’s leadership to the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista two years later. This film goes back and forth between the revolution, Che’s personal thoughts and the aftermath of the overthrow of the government. Part one was filmed in several locations in Puerto Rico and Mexico. These locations have some authenticity of the real story as the actual happenings takes mainly place in Cuba. Che and Fidel Castero actually meet in Mexico where Che…

I know people have probably heard of Cheech and Chong, well if someone has not they are two guys that were in movies in the 1970’s and 1980’s. They were seen as hippies in their movies with really laid back personalities. They also share a love for cannabis which is evident in their movies where I can see them smoking a joint. Richard “ Cheech” Marin and Tommy Chong met in Vancouver, British Columbia. Chong was a citizen of Canada And Cheech moved there from california to get away from the…

This concept of being born to live, and living to die is expressed throughout history in all manners of literary works. Of the endless writers whom illustrate the theme of death, four authors whom depict this leitmotif are John Keats, Rosalía de Castro, Emily Dickinson, and Leo Tolstoy. The works albeit different, transcribe the desire to accomplish their goals; to blossom, before they are faced with their mortality; to perish. This idea is both beautifully motivating to fulfill ones dreams,…

legacy of Bay of Pigs The battle of bay of pigs started on April 17, 1961 (History.com). The bay of pigs of 1961 was a huge fail it made America look bad (History.com). The attack on cuba was suppose to stop communist on that island (U.S. History). Fidel Castro the leader for cuba was a very strong man and smart. At this time the president was John F Kennedy he sent the attack on the cubans that turned out to be a big failure (Awesome stories). It was one of the worse mistakes that United States…

act out against the government. These small rebel groups transformed into what is now known as the Cuban Revolution. One of the more well-known anti-Batista rebel groups was the “26th of July Movement” which was led and founded by a lawyer named Fidel Castro. Between December…

continued in a state of insurgency with anti-Batista elements. Many degrees of opposition were taken, but Batista was again re-elected. Fidel Castro was sentenced to 15 years in prison in 1953 for the attacking Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba. He and His brother Raul was released in 1955 as part of a general amnesty for political prisoners. Fidel Castro a beard, long speeches, cigar smoking, conquered…