Raúl Castro

Over the past 2 years, America and Cuba have struck unprecedented ground in restoring relations. Having been at odds since 1961, many politicians believed the two countries would not restore ties any time soon. The tumultuous U.S.-Cuba relationship is rooted in the Cold War. Following the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. levied an economic and diplomatic embargo which would last for the next 54 years. As recently as December 2014, the United States and Cuba agreed to…

On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro assumes power of Cuba after leading the Communist revolution with Che Guevara and the rebel army overthrows President Fulgencio Batista. Cuba openly aligns itself with the Soviet Union and their Communist policies, and a Communist State was set up with Russian backing. Fidel Castro allowed the USSR to deploy nuclear missiles on the island, which caused the U.S. to terminate diplomatic relations with Cuba in January of 1961. By April of the same year, a group of…

JJ Buffington Ms. Thorne Spanish II 11/10/16 Pt I :History of Cuba The history of Cuba started when Christopher Columbus came to the island in 1492. After he landed the Spaniards began their conquest on the island. Some groups like the Ciboney and the Taino lived on the island but they were either killed by the Spaniards or died from the disease they brought. So their effect on the Cuban culture was small, and the Spanish culture, language, and religion lasted. The basis of the economy was…

When a group of Kent State University architecture students visited Cuba, incidentally around the same time as President Barack Obama, a Wooster man played a role in the trip. Chris Cupples, a Wooster High School graduate and former aide to Gov. Ted Strickland, has moved from politics to business, joining a friend from his Strickland-for-governor campaigning days (attorney Nick York) and a former “global ambassador” for the Cleveland Foundation (Jorge Delgado) in expanding the reach of To Cuba…

(U) The National Liberation Army or ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) is a group that is based in Columbia, starting in the 1960s during the time when Columbia was going through a short area known as la Violencia, a ten year civil war. All of which had the influence of from the Cuban revolution. The ELN would possess a threat to United States based on their theological ideology and actions that took place in their home of operations. The group is notorious for kidnapping, extortion, and oil…

Thesis: 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…

On January 1st of 1959, Fidel Castro lead a successful revolt against President Fulgencio Batista and established a socialist state in Cuba. The United States initially recognized the change in leadership; however, in 1960, Fidel Castro’s move to develop trade deals with the Soviet Union…

Intro I was able to conclude that cuba is the place to be. It fills your mouth there's so much to see, so much to understand and so much to be a part of. From the black boiling beans in the kitchen that make your tastebuds crave to having your toes dig into the warm sand at the beach. The people always ready to help anyone and everyone they see all as a part of family. Walking out into the streets everyday seeing the man next door feed the animals with no homes. Passing by to have greetings…

In researching the business culture of another foreign country for the use of an informational memo. I am letting my classmates, know what country has been chosen to research and share some of it's interesting facts on the country of Cuba. How is that country's culture similar to or different from U.S. culture? Despite the fact, of some of the ways Cuban culture can be similar to U.S. culture may be through the average family of the U.S. having 3.19 members, where the Cuban family average has…

Ayllon Lucas Vazquez De In this report I will be telling you about an explorer named Ayllon Lucas Vazquez De. I have never read or even heard about him before so we will be learning together about this explorer. I will be writing about this explorer and where he went. What he did on his journey and about his life. So here we go. Ayllon was born in 1475 in Toledo, Spain. He was the son of a judge, Judge Juan Ayllon. Ayllon’s father was the head of a noble and wealthy family of Toledo. Which…