Missile defense

Fidel Castro was born out of wedlock in Biran, Cuba to Lina Ruz Gonzalez on August 13, 1926. Fidel’s father, Angel migrated from Spain to Cuba and established a prosperous living by growing sugar cane. After the collapse of Angel’s first marriage he married Fidel’s mother who was a former house servant, whom he eventually married and had six other children. Fidel was six years old we he was sent to live with his teacher in Santiago. During this time, he was baptized into the Roman Catholic…

The United States has had an ongoing embargo with Cuba. It is known among Cubans as el bloqueo that is translated to the blockade. This embargo consists of restrictions on Cuban travel, and economic punishment against Cuba. According to people the embargo argues that Cuba has not met the US conditions for lifting the embargo. It just doesn’t transition to democracy and improving human rights. President Obama has tried to ease the embargo many times but have failed. The United Nations General…

Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, Cuba, and the Soviet Union and it is part from the Cold War. Its started when the United States want to overthrow the Cuban regime and Cuba build secret bases of nuclear missiles that could destroy most of the American lands. This crisis has different point of views for each Cuba, United States, and the Soviet Union. First point of view Cuba, Cuba is the first country outside Eastern Europe and Over 30 years Castro was the…

José Martí, a national hero in Cuba, writes about his country’s journey to independence. The time period he is living in is not a relaxing one where one is “sleeping in a nightcap,” but rather one of “weapons for a pillow” (1). Cuba is vying for its independence from imperialist Spain while trying to fend off America in the north. He begins his essay by condemning the Cubans who have turned away from their own country and its people, calling them “conceited villagers” (1). The Europeans who…

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen day military and political standoff between the two superpowers of the 20th century. Starting on the 16th of October 1962, the United States of America (US) discovered nuclear missile launch sites belonging to the Soviet Union in Cuba. For thirteen days the US attempted to remove these missiles, while the world was as close as it ever has been to global nuclear war and fallout. The Cuban Missile Crisis was caused by several different factors, and ended…

One significant Cold War event of the 1960s included the Cuban Missile Crisis. Broadly, this crisis was a thirteen day conflict in 1962 involving the United States and the Soviet Union regarding the installment of Soviet airstrike missiles in Cuba. This situation was globally televised and was the nearest the Cold War had ever come to a nuclear war. Tension between superpowers, Fidel Castro, and the Bay of Pigs Invasion led this event to unfold as it did and the event took the Western bloc in an…

The U.S. severed ties with Cuba in 1961 in opposition to Castro's communist regime, but two years ago President Obama ordered full restoration of diplomatic ties. On Monday, the movement toward normal relations continued when the first regularly scheduled flight from the U.S. to Havana flew out of Miami. Trump, however, tweeted that "If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal." The U.S. severed ties…

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 US & Cuba: A Light at the end of the tunnel 1. Since the relationship between America and Cuba has been hostile since 1961, what will both countries have to do to ensure peaceful, easy negotiations? • Since the relationship between America and Cuba has been hostile since 1961, I think both countries should first build trust between both nations and come to the common grounds as it is for the welfare of both countries. They should forgive and forget about all the negative occurrences and move…

After a Press conference on September 30th, 2016 with Ava DuVernay, director of the film the 13th, a reporter Esther Zuckerman, a known expressive liberal, stated (talking about Ava DuVernay), "She’s evidently anti-Trump." The 13th is produced by Howard Barish and Spencer Averick. Howard Barish is also the founder and president of Kandoo films, a movie production company. In 2016, Kandoo Film Production Company had a big hit, the movie O.J.: Made in America. On June 11th, 2016, an article came…