Music of Cuba

Film Analysis: Dólares de Arena The film by filmmakers Israel Cardenas and Laura Amelia Guzaman Dólares de Arena was released in 2014 and features Noeli (Yanet Mojica) as the main character. The fairly attractive young Dominican woman, Noeli is improvised. She lives in a hut with her boyfriend Yeremi (Ricardo Ariel Torbio). Her life seems very relaxed as she hangs out with and hustles white tourist on the beaches of the Dominican Republic. Her main conflict is her class and by consequence her…

Ex-President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (“JFK” or “Jack”) has become one of the most renowned figures to this day in the aspect of leaving a legacy The United States as well as the majority of the world study, quote, and ethically abide by in the case of morally understanding what it takes to be a true American . During the president’s term in office JFK fought a long and hard battle for peace and equality, whether it was for fighting civil rights in his very own backyard of America or genuinely…

series of offensive missile sites on the island of Cuba, which had been placed there by the Soviet Union. Kennedy went on to inform his audience that the Soviet Union had been ordered to remove all the missiles from Cuba and a quarantine had been placed on the island. The media played a large role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, mostly working behind the scenes. They worked to publicize President Kennedy’s public address, allowed the two…

nationalizing (to bring under the ownership or control of a nation, as industries and land) and confiscation (to seize as forfeited to the public domain) without reimbursing (to make repayment to for expense or loss incurred) of American property in Cuba, and the Bay of Pigs invasion occurred (Dictionary.com). These conflicts increased tension and distrust between the two nations. In the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro and other guerrilla fighters (members of a band of irregular soldiers that…

The Cuba revolution happened in 1953 July 26th, to 1959 January 1st, the Cuba revolution occurred from deep unhappiness with the regime of Fulgencio Batista (Batista) elected president of Cuba in 1940 to 1944 then turned dictator from 1952 to 1959. Batista allowed Cuba to be controlled and exploited by the USA. By March 1952 the protagonist for launching an armed revolution was Fidel Castro (Castro) a young lawyer and activists petitioned who aimed to overthrow Batista. Castro accused Batista of…

opponents of the Cold War were the United States of America and the Soviet Union. While there was no actual declaration of war, there were smaller skirmishes (Martin) One example was the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Soviet Union tried to send missiles to Cuba. No missiles were sent,…

of wedlock (Fidel Castro:Cuba’s Revolutionary leader). His father was named Angel and his mother was named Lina. His mother was at one point his father 's maid. (Fidel Castro:Cuba’s Revolutionary Leader). He was born in Biran a tiny town in eastern Cuba. In his younger years he was an amazing baseball player (Fidel Castro). A little bit later in his life he enrolled to be a law student at the University of Havana. While at the University he got interested in politics. He joined anti-corruption…

“socialism”, I cannot avoid to think about my beautiful country Cuba and how it fixed some broken things, but at the same it destroyed so many others, where the Cubans had no other option than to abandon their families and emigrate searching for a better future. As I was reading the extracts from John Pomfret, Chinese Lessons: Five Classmates and the Story of the New China, I kept coming back to the same memories from my childhood in Cuba and the feelings of living under a communist country.…

instead settle for the first proposal that adequately addresses the issue. Under this lens, certain matters are explained – the poor camouflage of Soviet missile bases, the decision for a blockade rather than an airstrike and Soviet withdrawal from Cuba in the face of US decisive action. This model goes into detail to illustrate the reality behind how decisions are implemented but minimizes the impact of…

I was born and raised in Puerto Rico until I was 9 years old. The lifestyle, and the cultural customs in the island are very different from the American culture. Coming to America was a mix of emotion. I was sad to leave my family and friends behind for what I later learned in life, was for a better future. It was hard to leave the house that I grew up in for 9 years of my life. It was hard to leave the fresh country air and friendly neighbors, that where more like family then friends. But I…