Santiago de Cuba

legacies. Fidel Castro, the former president of Cuba, left behind a legacy controversial to many. In spite of the fact that many Americans view Fidel Castro with a reprobative attitude, once he came into power he made many laws that gave his people great benefits and opportunities that still continue today. Fidel Castro, a Havana lawyer, ran for the Cuban congress, but it got canceled after Fulgencio Batista became the president and took over Cuba in 1940. In 1953, after previous failed…

military dictator, Fulgencio Batista; Fidel Castro established a dictatorship in Cuba and created the first Communist county in the Western part of the world (Suchlicki). After being made the ruler of Cuba, Castro started implementing a communist rule in the country and made the Soviet Union an ally, hurting Cuba's relationship with the United States from that point onward (Biography.com). Fidel Castro promoted autocracy in Cuba by jailing his political opponent and those who opposed him, taking…

Based on a review of the eight-part Netflix documentary, “The Cuba Libre Story,” this leadership study is to identify and compare the leadership styles, traits and influences of Cuba's leaders. The discussion will examine how they have affected the Cuban people, Latin America and the world for the past one hundred plus years. Cuba's leaders have claimed to use every means available to protect Cuba and the Cuban people from oppression and tyranny, while becoming tyrants and using authoritarian…

In between the years 1890 to 1897 many important events during the time impacted Cuba how they were and how they are today. Many important people were present during that time like Jose Marti and Anthony Maceo who were leaders in a revolutionary party. During those years of 1890-1897 Cuba was important because of Jose Marti, Anthony Maceo, and the start Cuban independence war which led to freedom. Jose Marti was an important person during that time when it came to the revolutionary party. He…

The US and Cuba have long somewhat difficult relationship, particularly during the latter part of the 19th continuing into the 21th centuries. Cuba, discovered in 1492 was converted into a minor outpost for ships returning from Spain. Three hundred years after discovery by the Spanish three major events suddenly placed Cuba on the world stage (Staten). First an economic depression forced Spain give up exclusive trade permits allowing the Creoles to turn greater profits on cash crops (Williamson)…

with different periods over the course of time. Rebellion and gender roles are two themes that are extremely important to Latin America and their history. The Cuban Revolution, was a rebellion which started in 1953. It began with the attack at Santiago de Cuba’s military barrack and continued on for seven years. It was an armed rebellion led by Fidel Castro and Raul Castro, who were against the government of Cubans dictator Feuljencio Batista. The Castro’s were put in prison and then deported to…

is none other than Ti-Noël, who was the main point of view of one of the Revolution. Carpentier sees the Revolution’s as a successes, as he moves the narrative away from Haiti, instead of following the route of the escaping French planters to Santiago de Cuba. “Even though Ti Noel was a free man, he set foot on a land where slavery had been abolished forever”. The blacks were treated in a way in which they valid nothing…

With a small but large country that currently holds over an estimated 11,000,000 people. You look at the small Caribbean island of Cuba as a very small defenseless country. We as Americans living in the biggest and most powerful country in the world must ask ourselves how things got to a point that Cuban and American relations got to the point that it currently is. Before we start asking questions, we must understand that in the early years of any new country there are dissections, and actions…

Guevara adamantly proposed that women should be able to fight in the revolution as they had the discipline, and characteristics to fulfill a sufficient role. Che Guevara wanted women to participate in the revolution because of the outdated attitudes Cuba harbored women, race, individualism, and manual labor. According to Joseph Hart, author of 2010 novel Che The Life, Death, and Aftermath of a Revolutionary , Guevara urged all individuals to view each other as equals and take on the values of…

Would you risk leaving your country to get away from a dictator? Cuba was always originally ruled by the Spaniards, and always had many conflicts like any other country, but Castro has been by far the worst thing to happen to Cuba. In 1950, Cuba endured a big change, life in Cuba became very different after Fidel Castro came into the picture. He started a revolution! Castro would imprison and kill those who disagreed with him. Many Cubans thought this revolution would only last for months;…