Raúl Castro

McNamara (who was Secretary of Defense during the Cuban Missile Crisis) wrote in his book, “It wasn't until January, 1992, in a meeting chaired by Castro in Havana, Cuba, that I learned 162 nuclear warheads, including 90 tactical warheads, were on the island at the time of this critical moment of the crisis. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, and Castro got very angry with me because I said, ‘Mr. President, let's stop this meeting. This is totally new to me, I'm not sure I got the…

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…

among both nation and both their economy will rise as a result. The citizens of both countries can also travel in and out of both nations without extra surveillance. The negative aspect is that since the offer was made from the US side, President Castro might feel that we agree to the ideals of communism which is entirely untrue. 3.…

When castro came into power he had nationalized all american companies in Cuba. He disagreed with everything that General Fulgencio Batista stood for so he did what he knew he wanted and what the people wanted. In a form of retaliation, America stopped all aid and all imports of Cuban sugar. This greatly affected Cuba because the sugar was the mainstay of its economy. With Cuba’s economy going down into ruin Castro had to think of something to help his country and stop his people from dying of…

located on the south coast of Cuba about 97 miles southeast of Havana, it gave Castro a military victory and a permanent symbol of Cuban resistance to America aggression. The plan was a total failure because instead of overthrowing Fidel Castro and his revolution, the plan to overthrow Castro immediately fell apart. Over 100 of the attackers were killed, and more than 1,100 were captured. The plan to overthrow Castro immediately fell apart. The landing force met with unexpectedly counterattacks…

During the 1960’s, tensions between the US and other countries were very much growing. With the cold war in full effect, allies were needed. Cuba was one of those needed allies, but under the rule of Fidel Castro, relations became estranged. It is no mystery that under the rule of Castro , The new Cuban government was only concerned with installing not only a sense of fear but they wanted to cripple their countries people in order to let its citizens know that they cannot defy their own…

Lifting the embargo and opening trade with the Castro regime would only serve to benefit the government rather than the impoverished Cuban citizens. The government practically owns the Cuban economy and foreign trade is carried through the Cuban agencies that support the regime. For example, all foreign companies are obligated to pay in hard currency (such as dollars and euros) to the Cuban government. However, from these wages, the state pays in the local currency which are in Cuban pesos. Only…

around a trade embargo to limit the material economy in order to overthrow Fidel Castro and his government. In 1992, the Cuban Democracy Act was designed to crate a slow economic downturn in the Cuban economy, which would force the government to embrace a new style of democratic regime in the place of Castro. This was seen as a positive style of economic warfare that would alter the dictatorial style of governance that Castro wielded in Cuba: “Sometimes, foreign pressure brings about human…

If nothing is going well, call your grandmother (Italian Proverb). Pilar and Celia’s relationship had such a great bond from being psychic and using that to communicate with each other, how Cuba had such an impact in their lives even though Pilar had been living in New York since the age of 2 and the similar personalities they both had. In Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia focused on the lives of Celia and her family and from her three children and four grandchildren. Especially focused on…

I have to say that the lecture from last week in our 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…