Santiago de Cuba

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 restore…

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 Cuban exiles (backed by the US) invaded Cuba at…

United States. He leads the Cuban Missile Crisis and succeeded in stopping the missiles without having a war with Cuba. Not only stop from having another war, but he also saved the nation. The Cuban Missile Crisis lasted 13 days (October 16-28, 1962) and was a fight between the United States and the Soviet Union. This concerned the problem of having the Soviet Union building missiles in Cuba and it became a nuclear conflict. Kennedy and his brothers worked all day and night in order to fight…

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…

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 Now, a company that arranges…

(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…

“Miami isn’t too far; it is ninety-five miles away at the most…” Maya’s cherubic features made it hard to fabricate an excuse for wanting to stay in Cuba. I knew that staying here, staying in poverty, predisposed me to a life of misery and malnourishment. The journey would be perilous, which made me wonder if it was worth it. I longed to voice my dissent and convince her to condone the actions of the corrupt government, however I knew the time to liberate had come. My patience for living life…

Around 10,000 years ago, several indigenous groups are thought to have lived in Panama. When the Spaniards first arrived in Panama, the Cuevas and Coclé were the major tribes in the area. However, many natives of the area were killed upon Spanish arrival by the spread of European diseases. Columbus claimed the area for Spain in 1502 and Panama was used as a route for shipping Incan goods to Spain. In 1821, Spain was overthrown and Panama became a province of Colombia. In 1903, Panama declared…

To many Santiago in the novella The old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway, may seem to be the furthest from a hero, but in reality santiago fits the mold. He might not be the type of hero you believe but he fits the mold for a hemingway hero. A hemingway hero is based on most of his books and the “hero” in each of them. Some of the qualities that Santiago has that makes him a hero according hemingway hero are he is brave, courageous, humble, he triumphs over adversity, he has pride, endurance,…

(-- removed HTML --) It's been over for nearly 20 years now, but Seinfeld has taught us some timeless lessons that should inspire us for years. 1. “Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it.” The earnestness with which Jason delivers the line, combined with everything we know about George at this point, really makes you feel like those words came from the heart, like this was the most profound wisdom that George will ever impart. 2. “I spend so much time trying to get their…