Fulgencio Batista

The Special Period, it is a period of time where the people Cuba spent years recuperating and trying to revitalize their country. The first half enduring the onslaught of repercussions that was affecting their country due to collapse of a certain union which Cuba was involved in heavily. The second half will show how Cuba was able to recover from the onslaught. The purpose of this paper is to explain a series of events that occurred during the Special Period which made Cuba what it is today.…

Louis A. Pérez initiates the academic literature that studies the relationship between America and Cuba, which has shaped the progressing literature currently disseminating within academia and mainstream research regarding American and Cuban encounters. “On Becoming Cuban: Identity, Nationality, and Culture”, is another Louis A. Pérez production that emphasizes the evolutions and transitions between, above, and below the two countries. The 579-page text is a tedious read, but a thorough history…

Many of those who write about the Cuban Revolution have credited him as being the soul of the revolution (Valdés 27). His rhetoric in History Will Absolve Me is partly a testament to that sentiment. As stated, the speech largely outline the goals Castro hoped the revolution would accomplish and his reasoning for trying to seize Moncada. Still, the language that he employs in this speech is similar to rhetoric that he used decades forward. This speech did not gain instant attention, but its…

joins Fidel Castro’s movement. They started to arm themselves, to fight against Batista. Fidel Castro bought a boat, so he could send his small army of eighty-two from Mexico to Cuba. Che was in the army. Their main mission was to overthrow Batista. Batista was economically supported by the United States. The United States was supporting Batista because he was against communism. As guerillas arrived in Cuba, Batista forces attacked guerrillas. The number of casualties were high. One out of the…

Due to the geographic proximity to the US, strengthening ties with Cuba is militarily significant because there is less of a threat of enemy fire coming from the country. Cuba’s military is not a substantial threat, but the communist ties with the Soviet Union cause concern that the possible use of Cuba by other nations to launch attacks on the US. The military force of Cuba does not offer much by way of an alliance with the US but it is the fact that the military is large enough to help mold…

The articles in question Enver M. Casimir’s “Contours of Transnational Contact: Kid Chocolate, Cuba, and the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s”, Louis Peréz jr., “Approaching Change and Changelessness in the Historiography of Cuba”, and Lars Schoultz’s “Benevolent Domination: The Ideology of U.S. Policy toward Cuba’, all share and discuss a long complicated history of Cuban relations and, images of U.S. perceptions of Cubans and how those images and relationships translate into Cuban…

The United States gives migrants from Cuba special treatment that no other group of refugees or immigrants receives. It begins with the so-called “wet-foot, dry-foot policy” that puts Cubans who reach U.S. soil on a fast track to permanent residency. The government initiated the policy in 1995 as an amendment to the1966 Cuban Adjustment Act that Congress passed when Cold War tensions ran high between the U.S. and the island nation. Under the amendment, when a Cuban migrant is apprehended in…

Felix Moreta Mr. Saleeba English 4 October 13, 2017 Rafael Trujillo Rafael Trujillo may be a bad man, but that does not take away the fact that what got him there made him a great leader. To some he will always be remembered as a horrible person. To me he will always be remembered as a guy who got to where he wanted to be by putting effort some people would not dare to put in. Rafael Trujillo was born on October 24, 1891 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic. His name was Rafael Leonidas…

Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba with a revolution in January 1959. The United States was becoming increasingly critical of Fidel Castro's government. CIA Director Allen Dulles warned, “Cuba was drifting towards Communism.” Castro had close ties to the Soviet Union who provided Cuba with air and military assistance. The U.S. planned to overthrow Castro's administration, a task taken on by the CIA. The U.S. also hoped that the invasion would stimulate an uprising against the Castro regime…

Amaya Thompkins Professor Norals ENGL1010-A09 September 10, 2016 “Cuba” Known for its beauty, bizarre tourist’s attractions, and valued cigars, the Caribbean island of Cuba, a totalitarian communist state, has a multiracial and multicultural society. The largest island of the West Indies group; Cuba lies within ninety miles south of Key West, Florida. The mixture of native, African, and European influences in Cuba gives the island a lively culture that is known around the world. The introduction…