Reflective Essay For Cuba

The official language of Cuba is Spanish and the first language of about 90 percent of the entire population. When the Spanish imported and enslaved Africans, who spoke different dialects, this affect Cuban,Spanish and enriched the variety of languages in Cuba. Indigenous languages in Cuba have somehow managed to survive in some aspects of Cuban Spanish.The English language has a great influence in Cuba, and is gradually increasing, especially amongst newer generations.

This week’s reading of Silence on Black Cuba interesting in how it showed racism and discrimination in “Black” Cuba. Although about 50 percent of the estimated 6.7 million population of Cuba was African decent, there was still discrimination towards them. What was even more interesting was that even some of the Afro-Cuban soldiers who fought along side Fidel and Che encountered discrimination. This being the case, Fidel simply downplayed the issue stating that their discrimination wasn’t as serious as the Southern States.

Fidel Castro and the M-26-7 successfully seized power of Cuba’s government in 1959, after years of fighting. The M-26-7’s nationalist movement was able to knock the corrupt leader, Fulgencio Batista, out of power, and in 1961 Castro deemed the revolution to be officially of a Marxist nature. Throughout his 40-year stay as president, Castro has not allowed his revolution to stall, but rather he has allowed it to progress and adapt as he has seen fit. In relation with Castro’s revolution in Cuba has been another revolution, that of the Cuban women. Castro himself described the changes in women’s public and private lives as "a revolution within a revolution". In a true system of equality, as in the one Castro holds as his ideal, equality

The image of loyalty—secret meetings in back rooms geared to manipulate the language of laws to protect and preserve the defense, profit, and whiteness of the Spanish empire. In Ever Faithful: Race, Loyalty, and the Ends of Empire in Spanish Cuba, David Sartorius argues that the perception of loyalty among Cuba’s free people of color, African-decent slaves, and Cuba’s indigenous population is somewhat skewed and that these populations played a critical role as unsung heroes of a Cuban interdependent society. Sartorius studies the pro-colonial sentiments of Cuba’s diverse population specifically focusing on people of African decent perceptions and reactions regarding racial discourse as a central issue in maintaining the vitality of a languishing

The geography of Cuba is very diverse, with large mountain ranges spanning the western and south central regions, and a beautiful 2,320 mile coastline that boasts white, sandy beaches to the north. The semitropical climate of Cuba supports lush, agricultural fields in which many species of plants and animals thrive.

Has your makeshift, third world bus ever broken down and left you stranded in ninety five degree heat with no air conditioning or water? For the last several years, Cuba had been closed for U.S. tourists and Americans were only allowed limited travel. Cuba is considered a communist political system with Castro as their president. In March of 2017, I was able to experience this interesting destination with my family and friends from church. As we were driving to our house in Trinidad, the scenery from the ride was very rural and farm like. Trinidad is a very unique city in Cuba and is most known for their classic cars from the 1950’s, which are still being used there today. It was shocking to see these vintage cars riding up and down the streets

From the time, Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba tensions ran high between the Cuban government and the United States government. Relations between Cuba and the United States grew during Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. Not as much during the Eisenhower administration as the Kennedy administration did tensions between between the two countries intensify. Kennedy faced many a different situations as President. He faced such situations like the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Tensions have mounted high for a long time between Cuba and the United States.

Naïve art, recognized by its childlike freshness and "amateurish" qualities, influenced the Cuban art as well. These expressions of art reflect vibrant colors to show their tropical home, rural life, and the Afro-Cuban religion. This naïve art exposes the Cuban point of view of laugh and enjoy life despite adversities (“Cuba”, 2015). The famous naïve artist in Cuba is José Rodríguez Fuster, known as Fuster.

Cuba’s efforts to become an independent republic were ingrained with complex perceptions of its revolution—from within and outside Cuba. From the beginning of Cuba’s struggle, there were conflicting views on revolution. Unlike other colonies Cuban “elites opted to maintain the colonial bond with Spain” (Ferrer 23). This decision seems to ascended from one significant factor in the Cuban struggle, race. In attempts to avoid an outcome similar to Haiti, Cuban Creoles opted to preserve colonial ties, and in the process preserving slavery. This opposing view point continued into later “race blind” insurgent movements. These paradoxical insurgent movements show hints of inequality: degree holding whites were awarded officer status automatically

If any of the rhetoric being disseminated by the Castro regime is to be believed than Cuba is little more than the floating hotbed of revolutionaries. An island of Chés. It logically follows that a Cuba at political rest must be a content nation, otherwise the people would rise. Instead, the casual observer sees a country that seems constantly at the edge of boiling over, but discontentment never quite reaches revolutionary status. This phenomenon is particularly surprising in the time following the collapse of the Soviet Union, a chapter in history known as Cuba’s “Special period.” Despite all reasonable expectations and his own reputation as revolutionary, Castro was able to keep his grip over the island and suppress all the symptoms of

Ernesto “Che” Guevara Che Guevara was the Argentine born Marxist guerrilla who helped oust the corrupt Cuban government and set up a communist system 90 miles from the US. Che under the leadership of Fidel Castro helped lead a small guerrilla band of soldiers to take over the country. After the old government was out Che helped Castro decide communism as the way to go for Cuba. He helped Castro try to quickly industrialize the country, set up social reforms to try, and make Cuba a better place for its citizens. Che supported the struggle against imperialism by taking bands of guerrillas to Congo and Bolivia to help with revolutions there. Ernesto Guevara was born May 14, 1928 in Rosario, Argentina.

The purpose of this research paper is to give an understanding on how we as a country, the United States of America, should have a clear understanding of all business matters of the country of Cuba. Wow understanding this, facts of the country of Cuba will also be presented. For decades, Cuba has been banned from conducting business with the United States, but recently that has changed. With the doors open businesses can freely conduct business in and with Cuba without fear of legal consequences.

When I spent 6 weeks in Mérida, México as part of an immersion program in high school, my cultural views developed significantly, and I came to understand how wrong many of the stereotypes I had always heard were. Due to the United States’ embargo on Cuba, as well as the added travel restrictions, Cuba has always seemed so closed and antagonized. Being able to visit Cuba would help combat such stereotypes, and learning about the nation prior to our visit would help me better understand what has been going on in Cuba, rather than relying on United States sensationalism to inform me.

Education is an important aspect of our daily lives. Nonetheless, many often forsake the opportunity for other purposes or take it for granted. After the Cuban Revolution, education sets off the new government with a brand-new education system that contains Marxist ideologies as its priority. Upon a deeper thought, education became a necessity as people have a hunger and thirst towards it. Furthermore, it opens the door to people in all areas to acquire an education and played a vital role in the race and nation-building of Cuba.

thirty years of Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the economic