Raúl Castro

about Cuba is a huge threaten for America, then the US government maintained those policies to Cuba. With the time going, Cuba may not be a threaten to America. On April 11, 2015, there is a huge accident between America and Cuba, Barack Obama and Raúl Castro shook hands at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. After that, Obama visit Cuba in March 2016, it is the first time since…

With the provided visual of the relationship between North Korean imports and exports with China in Tables 1.1 and 1.2, we can see that between 2005 and 2010, the North Korean economy has increasingly become more and more dependent with China, for not only is Chinese products the number one import within the nation, but China is also the largest consumer of North Korean goods (Nanto). Over time, this has created a large trade deficit with China which is roughly $1.1 billion in total, as the DPRK…

the goals of revolutionaries were not moderate. They thought all other sides weren’t radical enough. They fought against the increasing wage gap and inequality, and they were pro-labor. In the case of Cuba, middle-class radicals lead by Fidel and Raul Castro as well as Ernesto Guevara fought to achieve socialist values. They favored the worker’s rights that populists did. However, unlike populists the revolutionaries (in theory) focused exclusively on the lower class. There was no room for a…

Gold Rush: The California Gold Rush was the biggest mass relocation in American history since it realized 300,000 individuals to California. It began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered gold on his real estate parcel at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The news of gold rapidly spread around. Individuals from Oregon, Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and Latin America were the first to hear the breaking news, so they were the first to touch base so as to test their fortunes in California…

Odysseus, the fabled hero from The Odyssey, and Che Guevara, the renowned revolutionary, both endure the stages of the hero’s journey of Trials, Allies, and Enemies, the Road Back, and the Supreme Ordeal, however Guevara’s journey gave humanity the strength to fight for one’s values, no matter the consequence. Both of the heroes face the stage of the Trials, Allies, and Enemies. Odysseus faces various tests such as Poseidon drowning him, but thankfully Odysseus makes friends with a mermaid,…

Politically, America has had several different things occur in the last decade that has changed America forever. Almost as pivotal as a civil rights movement are the policies that have been passed in the 21st century. United States policy has been kind of controversial over the last 15 years. On several of the legislations made the congress and the US as a whole have been split right down the middle. Other than the different policies made during this time the presidency experienced a very…

In a society where culture and value are constantly evolving, we as a species sometimes need to take a step back and analyze all the things that surround us to see where our societal values lie. Usually, we do not see or understand these hidden values until they are shoved in our face or we have to deal with them directly. However, we can all begin to understand and analyze these contemporary cultural values by implementing some form of cynicism in regard to exposing and showing all the…

On July 20, 2015 the Cuba and United States diplomatic relations had been restored that were severed during the Cold War in 1961 (Britannica, 2015). However, the United States embargo still exists which makes it illegal for American corporations to do business with Cuba. The U.S trade embargo cannot be lifted without congressional appeal making it hard to remove (Britannica, 2015). The relationship between the United States and Cuba has remained frozen beyond the end of the Cold War, which makes…

José Martí’s “Our America” was a call for nationalism for Cuba as well as Latin American/indigenous identities. While I concur with the statement made by Martí, I disagree to an extent. In my essay, I will highlight the role of government in Cuba during this time, my beliefs on his quote by referencing aligning stories of indigenous and slave resistance, and determining the contradiction behind such statement in terms of the Europeans. Prior to the infamous ‘discovery’ of Cuba, the country had…

(Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia in Spanish), agreed to a ceasefire with the Colombian government. The ceasefire talks have been in the works for four years. The agreement was reached through a series of meetings in Cuba facilitated by Raul Castro, President of Cuba, Rodrigo Lonodono, leader of the FARC, and President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos. The ceasefire agreement comes after 52 years of civil war between the members of the rebel group and the Colombian government. The two…