History of Cuba

because it was all about the United States finding out that the Soviet Union had put nuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles off the coast of America. In 1959 Fidel Castro took control of the island Cuba located in the Caribbean, once taking control he began to align himself with the Soviet Union. Once aligned with Khrushchev the leader of Soviet Union the Cubans relied on the Soviets to provide Cuba with Economic and military aid. The crisis started when an American…

birth. Fidel Castro helped the fight against the gruella warfare and went over there to aid me this war. He was very into politics and later ran for president. He lost his first election in 1948 then he ran for president in 1951 and the president of Cuba was then striped of his power. Chibas the president shot himself during a radio broadcast after not being able to keep his promise. Later Castro married mirta balart who was a very rich person, this made Castro very rich and showed him a…

1951, 37). Also, the following is a brief list of revolutions and regime changes that occurred only in the 20th century: Mexico Revolution 1910, Argentinian Coup of 1943, Bolivia, 1952, Guatemalan Revolution 1944 and “counter revolution” of 1954, Cuba, 1959, and Nicaragua 1979. This is merely a snapshot and small sample of the revolutions and regime changes that took place in Latin America during the 20th century. It would take hundreds of pages to…

When visiting a new city, I like to dive deep into the cities or countries history, and not just recent but also ancient history. Cuba is no exception. Although Cuba is an island, natives to the Americas made there way across the caribbean sea and landed on the island of present day Cuba. These natives were very smart and in tune with the nature around them. There were three main native groups that resided in Cuba, the Guanahatebey, Siboney, and Taína. The Guanahatebey lived on the south coast…

Angel Castro y Argiz was a migrant to Cuba from Spain where he started growing sugar cane and became very wealthy of his work. After his first marriage failed Angel took his household servant, Lina Ruz Gonzalez as his first mistress and soon to be second wife. Together they had seven children and amongst three girls and three boys Castro is the third oldest. Introduction; Fidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926 near Biran, in the eastern Orient Province of Cuba. He was the third child out of…

country, Cuba. The Platt Amendment was a direct way for the United States to take control of Cuba’s political and military system. It also exposed the United States’ intentions of using Cuban resources, such as land ownership, as a source for political and economic opportunity. The United States however, has also indirectly controlled the Caribbean country using Cuban native elitists as politicians through the Cuban government, while working for the United States. In the years of 1880-1930, Cuba…

analysis the current situation of cuba, and analysis all the domestic issues in the country, and to analysis what cuba would be like in 2026. And understand the conflict between the United States and Cuba is a major factor. Cuba is very unique its economy is centered around culture and its history which leads to sugar trade being the base of the economy. It has been a push for diversity in the country of Cuba, however it has been very hard to bring in diversity because cuba is so constricted…

Introduction to Latin America History (LLS 130) class has been one of the most fascinating and interesting class I have ever take about Latin America history. I even wanted to change my research paper topic to the Cuban Revolution. Also, the reading Colonialism is Doomed by Che Guevara and the film Nobody Listened (Nadie Escuchaba) by Néstor Almendros 1987, were the perfect complements to this lecture. First of all, let’s talk about why a revolution happened in Cuba. Cuba elected Fulgencio…

Fulgencio Batista stared his rule on October 10, 1940 by being elected President of Cuba. He served until his termed ended in 1944. During his last year he introduced taxes to help America and their war efforts. Cubans did not like this because many of them were poor (history). After his term, Batista went to America only to return in 1952. He tried to run for President once again but was defeated. Upset by his defeat, he led a military coup. A military coup is a military force that carries out…

Cuba The history of the United States is overelaborated with crisis after the Second World War. The hazards of communism and the Soviet Union’s nuclear power endangered a great degree of apprehensiveness within the United States. As the Cold War began, a country in America’s own backyard, sided with the Soviet business leader. As the public divided into two factions, Republic of Cuba chose to side with United Soviet Socialist during this state of war. Thus, the two world power, United…