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    Old Man Perseverance

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    One of Hemingway's best known short stories is The Old Man and The Sea. This story it about ,not surprisingly, a old man, named Santiago, who goes out on the Caribbean to fish. The old man faces many difficulties in which he tries to overcome . He struggles with many things including a marlin, sharks, mother nature, and himself. Through these struggles Hemingway shows that it is key to keep trying no matter how little chance you have for success. From this comes many themes including be willing…

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    year revolution against President Batista, Guevara became a role model for many of those who had been ostracised by the government in Cuba at the time. Che Guevara became a symbol of hope for the population of Cuba, thus proving his influence on an entire country. Che Guevara’s ultimate goal was to take down the current Government lead by President Batista and making Cuba a Socialist State. Guevara believed that this would free those who had been wronged and aid the nation toward his vision of…

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    challenges in the U.S. People often debate whether Kennedy was inept for presidency at this time. He had multiple successes and failures when he set out to achieve his objectives. Some of these objectives included; confronting mounting Cold War tensions in Cuba, Vietnam and elsewhere, providing federal support for the growing Civil Rights Movement, and winning the Space Race. During Kennedy’s Presidency, the Cold War between Russia and the United States was at it’s peak. The first dilemma…

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    If I had a round trip ticket to travel anywhere in the world. Where would it be? What would I do? What would happen when I get there? I might just go to a city below sea level. Why on earth would anyone want to go to a city below any type of bodies of water? It’s still a mystery for me. However, Dominican Republic is below sea level and that is where I would like to visit one day. It seems as if there is so much to do there. Dominican Republic is well known for its beautiful beaches. Also, one…

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    October 1962 marked the beginning of a massive standoff between two powers in the wake of Cold War hostility. The American government was informed that a nuclear capable Soviet Union had established a weapons silo in Cuba. With nuclear weaponry only a mere 90 miles from American shores, a political uproar would soon ensue. President John F. Kennedy announced such news on the twenty-second of October, along with his plan of enacting a naval blockade around the coastal island. This plan…

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    Cuban Migration

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    Based off the few articles that I had looked into, it was clear that there are different types of people living in Cuban; people who feel hopeless to the point that they would build their own raft to float across the ocean, and others who feel like Cuba is their homeland, and they know it is where they want to stay (Silva).…

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    Bay Of Pigs Research Paper

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    A: PLAN OF INVESTIGATION The purpose of this investigation is to determine to what extent the United States’ failed invasion of Cuba in the Bay of Pigs was caused by fear of the Soviet Union. This investigation will use sources to be summarized in section B, mostly coming from the CIA’s released documents on the Bay of Pigs investigation. These released documents were broken down into five volumes, of which I used volumes one through three most prevalently. This investigation will also…

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    on the island nation of Cuba and because of that our economic trade with Cuba was not allowed Americans weren't allowed to buy anything from Cuba or visit Cuba through U.S. airports and this effected Cuba because they got economic value through the U.S. because of tourism, trade, and exports to the U.S.. That affected the U.S. economy because of tariffs and it affected Cuba also because they no longer could sell to the U.S. or even travel to. Even though Cuba and America still have…

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    problem for numerous presidents. So, for the next 50 years, the United States would work on improving their reputation with help from Teddy Roosevelt, by fighting Spanish-American war, and by building the Panama Canal. During the late 1800s the people of Cuba were locked in a battle against the Spanish for their independence. Many Americans wanted to help, but had to first convince the president to join the Cuban’s fight. On December 10 1898 the Spanish were defeated. The Spanish-American war…

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    Spanish Civil War

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    The focal point of this essay will be about the similarities and differences between The Spanish Civil War and the Chinese Civil War. There are multiple differences between the Spanish and Chinese Civil War. They both involve how both of these wars ended and started differently. Both wars were lead by different people and they were both under different advantages and disadvantages during the war. The Spanish War was a war that started between the United States and The Spanish. The war began in…

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