Fidel Castro

In the past and present the world has had many political figures that are either famous for their success or their cruelty. Their success and actions comes from their level of empathy. According to Merriam-Webster empathy is the ability to understand, be sensitive to, and experience the feelings of another. In looking for the level of empathy among the leaders I researched their upbringing, life circumstances/experiences, and health come in to play when developing empathy. It is debated whether…

political rally at the Walmart centre. The next day, the police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination of the President. However, many people believe Oswald was falsely arrested as others also had reasons for wanting Kennedy dead such as Fidel Castro, the white supremacy group KKK, Lyndon B. Johnson, the government, and the mafia. Firstly, let’s consider Lee Harvey Oswald, who was born on October 18, 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. In 1952, while living in New York with his…

In the Time of butterflies In the book “in the time of the butterflies” by Julia Alavarez, Julia takes us back to what was living life during Rafael Trujillos dictatorship. Julia tells us the story of the Mirabal sisters, who fought against Trujillo dictatorship after Trujillo was in blamed for the death of their father. In a brief summary, Julia starts with Dede; the only sister left as she tells the story of her sisters through flashbacks to an American reporter. The location was Dominican…

Cuba has a very mild climate with the temperature in the winter averages to 77f and a summer temperature of 88f ideal for the farming industry. From May to October is their wet season, and August to the end of October is hurricane season. Winters are fairly mild so Cuba entertains a large tourist season during the holidays, mostly Europeans. Story of Cuba Cuba was colonized by the Spanish. Where they settled in Havana in 1515. During the early 16th centry the Spanish kept coming in…

Moscow, Soviet Union; and the main one Cuba. The conflict started with Fidel Castro which marked the end of U.S. political and economic dominance over Cuba. Ever since the late nineteenth century,…

Guevara fought against many powerful opponents to achieve social justice for peasants in Cuba. His fight for social justice was not without opposition. Corporations in the United States were economically affected by the policies Che and his superior, Fidel Castro, enacted. These economic impacts caused American newspapers to negatively report on these two men in…

Cuba’s struggle actually originated partly because of United Fruit. Fidel Castro’s father leased land out to United Fruit and with that income he was able to allow his kids a great childhood. Che Guevara fought against United Fruit and the CIA in Guatemala, and he already had negative opinions toward the corporate octopus. In 1958, Sam Zemurray resigns from his position as the head of United Fruit and the new president is Thomas Sunderland. United Fruit began to fall on hard times during the…

November 25, 2016 Cuba’s communist leader Fidel Castro passed away. To start it off in 1959 Fidel Castro led an army to take over the American backed leader, Fulgencio Batista. After this The United States had lost any good ties it had with Cuba after the Bay of Pigs Invasion, ruining trust between the two countries. Along with this The United States didn’t necessarily agree with all of the methods Castro rule his people with. Castro’s brother Raul Castro is now in power of Cuba. He came to…

Henry Morales Mr.Saleeba English 4 Date 5/10/17 Leader Essay I chose John F Kennedy because he cared about other people and tried to save them. And he stopped the Cuban missile crisis against Fidel Castro. And he wanted to give equal rights to everyone. First, he graduated from Harvard in 1940 and went into the navy the same year. And when he was in the war his PT boat was rammed and sunk by Japanese destroyer and Kennedy was injured but still was able to lead the survivors through the…

of the Soviet Union (USSR). Even they are considered as an important part of the Crisis. Cuba was controlled by the American business. The dictator Batista, who has been the ruler since 1934 because of his cruel reign, his rule ended in 1959 and Fidel Castro is now the ruler. In January 1960, he made alliances with the Soviet Union. They promised to buy Cuba’s sugar. The American didn’t like the arrangement and in October 1960, they stopped their trade with…