Essay on Cuba

The Cuban Revolution was touchy topic for the United States and Cuba. America’s alienation of Cuba didn’t help when communism from the USSR was brewing over the revolution. When the revolution gained Castro as its leader, the worry and hatred from the United States was unbearable, especially when the Soviet Union landed in Cuba to interest Castro in its aid. The US’s fear of communism, Fidel Castro, and aid from the Soviet Union was significant because it changed the US’s political role in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution.

Cuban history, like many other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean which have experienced colonial subjugation and imperial interference, is highlighted by tumultuous rebellions. Ever since the revolt of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes in 1868, who took up arms with his slaves to liberate Cuba from Spain’s colonial grasp, the existence of insurrectionists and adamant government opposition in Cuba has flourished. Social revolution and a strong will and practice of nationalism has indelibly characterized Cuban history. Nevertheless, the outcomes of particular movements and struggles for social justice have consistently frustrated revolutionary and radical leaders. Government regimes throughout

economic growth comes from agriculture and exports to and from Europe. Since America has had an embargo on Cuba since 1962 neither countries trade with each other because of many disagreements about governing techniques and Fidel's unwillingness to comply with U.S. instructions. Cuba’s long history and culture has contributed to many economic and social growth through out the world, but Cuba is still struggling to try to stable their economy.

Most Floridians are aware of the name Jose Martí and his significance to the Spanish-American War; however, many of these same people fail to understand that Martí and this war are just the tail end, albeit the triumphant end, of a long struggle for independence that lasted approximately thirty years. From 1868-1878, Cuban rebels fought for Independence in what has become to be called, “The Ten Years War” (Poyo: 1979, 289). While the wealthy Cuban elites relocated to New York, it cannot be forgotten that it was the displaced Cubans in Key West, Florida that largely financed the military efforts of The Ten Years War. Not only did they raise the majority of the money, but also supported the campaign themselves by joining different expeditions and raids throughout the war effort. In this account, I hope to give you a better understanding of how the thousands of Cubans who fled to Key West during the diaspora of the Ten Years War, while almost forgotten, became the foundation layers of the Spanish-American War, and the baton that would pass between generational, Cuban, rebel leaders against the Spanish presence on their island.

When it comes to politics and power, countries tend to side with whatever is at their best interest. As long as someone is scratching their backs and their pockets are filled, politicians turn a blind eye to unjust rulings. For years now, America has gone above and beyond to try to bring Cuba down and in the process Fidel Castro. The American government’s determination over the years to hinder the growth of Cuba’s economy is ever so apparent. However Mugabe has been deteriorating Zimbabwe’s resources for three decades now and the American government or any other powerful country have yet to step up and put an end to his autocracy.

The U.S.’s relationship with Cuba has been arduous and stained with mutual suspicion and obstinateness, and the repeated U.S. interventions. The Platt agreement and Castro’s rise to power, served to introduce the years of difficulty to come, while, the embargo the U.S. placed on Cuba, enforced the harsh feelings. The two major events that caused the most problems were the Bays of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis.

José Martí, born on January 28, 1853 in Havana, Cuba, was a poet, essayist and patriot who proudly lead Cuba through its struggle for independence from the Spanish with objectives to establish a new Cuba with improved principles.

José Martí fought for the independence and freedom of the Cuban people. He contested the tyranny of despotic and unruly governments through the written and

From 1895 through 1898 Cuba was fighting for independence from Spain. Toward the last three months of them fighting it was a major cause for the Spanish-American War. A little before all the rebelling began the war a few years earlier “The Ten-Years War” cause lots of things to change in Cuba. Some things that changed were the amount of sugar mills, which was a big reason America was interested in Cuba, another thing that changed is many rich Cubans properties were taken away and they joined the middle class. In 1878 Jose Marti went to America where he got the support of the Cuban exile community mostly in Ybor City and Key West Florida. He wanted to start a revolution in order to get free from Spain. Eventually Spain reacted by sending General

When Jose Marti claims the ideological view of racial democracy for Cuba, one can quickly assess that this claim of racial democracy was enabling Cuba to maintain a proper, non-racist view in the eyes of other countries. Cuba wanted to maintain a progressive, elite look in the eyes of other nations, especially Europeans and Americans. While Marti’s claims about everything being equal after the fighting of the colored Cuban soldiers with the white Cuban soldiers

The Cubans had fought and struggled for decades for independence from Spain. The harsh treatment by Spain on Cuba was the fire that ignited the Spanish-American War. Jose Marti, Cuba’s resistance leader, sparked a rebellion against the Spanish government. The Spanish government responded to Marti with insurmountable force and Marti was eventually killed in battle.

Castro’s involvement with the foreign and domestic politics during the early Cold War period greatly influenced the outcome of the Cuban Revolution. Without the actions taken by foreign powers like the United States and Russia, some events on the domestic front may have had very different results. It is important to understand how every nation’s foreign policies can influence more than just one other nation, and this was especially true for Cuba. It was this mix and chain of events which produced the communist Cuba that we are familiar with today.

because Marxism and Jose Marti’s teachings formed Castro’s ideological belief that foreign intervention needed to be kicked out of Cuba and all Cuban land needs to be nationalized in order to benefit the Cuban people. Castro’s belief in nationalization shows that Castro planned to sever relations with the U.S. because U.S. corporations dominated most of the Cuban economy and in order for nationalization to occur then Castro would have to expropriate any U.S. owned assets in Cuba. However, Castro’s policies of nationalization were rapidly intensified due to U.S. economic sanctions in Cuba and the U.S. funding of Fulgencio Bautista because it caused hostile relations between the U.S. and Castro, which led Castro to turn to the USSR for military and economic

In 1940 to 1944, communist Fulgencio Batista withheld power as the president of Cuba and then from 1952 to 1959, United States backed dictator until fleeing Cuba because of Fidel Castro’s 26th of July Movement. Socialist Fidel Castro governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Fidel Castro’s intent was to provide Cuba with an honest democratic government by diminishing the corrupt way in which the country was run, the large role the United States played in the running of Cuba as well as the poor treatment & the living conditions of the lower class.

Cuba is a country that has seen many national security challenges over time. at the moment, Cuba is going through changes in their political spectrum. Cuba’s their national security focus has shifted to accommodate these changing times. the first and most important challenge that Cuba faces comes from the thawing of relations between Cuba and, the United States. One of the most interesting factors to see comes out of the thawing of relations, is how the United States ideologies will be imported into Cuba and how they would ultimately affect the cuban regime.