Mark Cuban

Chile and Cuba: The Revolutionaries Behind It All Chile and Cuba have both endured hardships throughout their vastly different revolutions. Throughout the nineteenth century, Chile has had a tradition of electoral democracy and civilian rule. While Cuba was in alliance with the Soviet Union and the global Communist bloc. The revolutionaries Salvador Allende and Che Guevara had greatly different ideas on how to achieve socialism in their respective countries. Allende focused on a democratic…

The Life of Jose Marti Tory Anderson Penn State Dubois Jose Julian Marti y Perez was a Cuban journalist. He spent much of his life fighting for Cuba’s independence. In his life he traveled to many places. Unfortunately, he did not live long enough to witness Cuba freed but to Cuba he is their nation hero, some people refer to him as the Apostle of the Cuban Revolution. He became the symbol of Cuba’s struggle for freedom (Liukkonen). Jose Marti played a major role in helping free Cuba from…

1900’s where record companies were no longer just praising Cuban artist in admiration, but began to—either travel to Caribbean countries in order to record with these musicians and provide them with portable equipment or actually giving appointed musicians opportunities to record in the U.S. It’s really interesting to point out the motives behind these clear agendas to “Latinize” the American entertainment culture so early in the 20th century…

Cuban Divas: La Reina de la Salsa, Celia Cruz Only few people succeed in the music industry, and fewer people succeed at an international scale. Many factors impact when it comes to succeeding in the music industry, in other words an artist has to overcome a different number of challenges. During the beginning of 20th century, Cuba had few artists, which mainly remained known at a local level. It was until the mid 20th century when Cuban music would spark a revolution. Celia Cruz, a prime…

Following the years of severely strained relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declared that he is a Marxist-Leninist. Castro came to power in 1959 after leading a successful revolution against the dictatorial regime of Fulgencio Batista. Almost from the start, the United States worried that “Castro was too leftist in his politics”. He implemented agrarian reform, expropriated foreign oil company holdings, and eventually seized all foreign-owned property…

Race Building. The Cuban government brought education to all. Undoubtedly, Castro’s revolutionary movement was a success as Roucek stated that “the longer his educational system is allowed to transform the Cuban younger generation, the more lasting its impression on the country” (Roucek, 1964:197). Castro did well in utilizing all the resources to influence the minds of the young in Cuba. Needless to say, the revolution sparked a dramatic impact on race relations in Cuba. After the collapsed…

Today, Che Guevara is looked at as a symbol of rebellion. However, Che Guevara is both revered and reviled in today's society due to his horrific actions of being a cruel leader, but successfully being committed to the justice of the people of the Cuban Revolution. Born as Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, Che Guevara was born on June 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina. He was part of a middle class family that was the source of most of his political views. As a child, he was plagued with asthma but was…

The Cuban Missile Crisis as a Rhetorical Situation The Cuban missile crisis marks a time in history when the spread of nuclear weapons was on the forefront of foreign and domestic policy concerns. On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy made an historic speech that addressed the growing concerns of nuclear weapons and Soviet Union aggression. Kennedy’s speech and the actions taken in response, continue to define the United States relationship with Cuba. Kennedy’s speech applies well to Bitzer’s…

I agree with the previous writer in terms of the risk Khrushchev took by placing nuclear missiles on Cuba. However, the risk lay largely in the fact that the Soviet deployment was done in secret rather than an in the open deployment of these weapons itself. I would even speculate that a skillful public announcement of the Soviet intentions, perhaps through the United Nations, in which the Khrushchev explained that US nuclear missiles in Europe pointing at the Soviet Union is comparable for the…

the years leading up to and during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The evaluation of the two countries will dwell into war time reporting, retrospective analysis, opinion polls, and the opinions of relatives of the leaders, among other aspects of the crisis. Newspaper articles will be used to assess the differing reactions of the press, while books and interviews will provide invaluable retrospective analysis. Two sources, “Soviet Perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis from Nikita…