The Crisis Of The United States

Secondly, Cubaneeds to repair its corrupt, failing state-run economy. The reality of thisstruggling economy is that Cuba’s resources are plenty, and its

The period from 1776 to 1815 witnessed the successful effort of the new United States in establishing a country. During that period the new country won its independence, constituted itself as a nation, developed a political system, expanded geographically, and defended itself from external and internal threats. There were four major crisis that the United States faced in this period are the Battle Long Island, Battle of Valley Forge, War of 1812, and the Battle of New Orleans, which I thought it was the major crisis that the United States faced.

On February 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed an embargo on Cuba due to their Communist threat. Recently, the 50th anniversary of this same embargo, marked the continuing relationship upheld by The United States and Cuba. The United States created the embargo, in hopes that it would pressure the Cubans into adopting their Democratic policies. This embargo has not only failed, but has detracted from it’s goal of spreading democracy in Cuba. Additionally, it has hurt the American economy, costing the United States roughly $5 billion annually in lost exports. Many have recognized that it is through free trade not isolation, that democracy can be promoted within Cuba. The exposure cultural freedoms found in free trade would lead to economic

Cuba had to evolve their economy because the Soviet Union had been such a huge part of it that when it was demolished, they were left with practically nothing. Cuba lost a third of its imports in a period of four years, as well as three-quarters of their trade, sending their economy into extreme crisis. Since Cuba’s leader, Fidel Castro, was not well liked around the world they had very few options in terms of foreign relations. Castro was a force to be reckoned with, the Soviet Union could not control him, and he often denied Soviet ideas. In the end, the soviet union sometimes felt that Castro was the one leading them. The relationship that Cuba had with Russia was imperative to their success because they had the upper hand. Since Castro had become isolated in relations with the western hemisphere he joined forces with Russia and the soviet union as they provided help in the military and economy. Now with the USSR gone, Cuba was left isolated and in need of desperate help. The Cuban people recognized their situation and began to value their currency more. Children growing up during the time of economic reform had learned to practice their own methods by renting their toys and videos to

In five decades, the Cuban embargo has failed to achieve its purpose, damaged U.S interest, and affected the Cuban people. Since the year 1959 when Fidel Castro took over Cuba, the country has been under communist rule. It’s been over 50 years since the United States placed and embargo against Cuba. The embargo also known as “the blockade” places travel restrictions and trade of commerce on any one who is under the US jurisdiction. One of the purposes of the embargo was to turn Cuba into a democratic country and to fight for human rights. Nothing has changed and now Cuba is blaming the U.S. for its chronic starvation and economic devastation.

he Juviels live in Havana under extreme poverty due to the economic embargo that the United States has had on Cuba for over 50 years. Megan had to fly all the way to Cuba to acquire a lung cancer vaccine which was made by Cuba and cannot be imported into the United States due to the economic embargo. Sun-Maid Growers, a dried fruit company, wants to buy their mangoes from Cuba which is 90 miles away but instead they are forced to acquire them from Thailand which is 8000 miles away (Linthicum, par. 2). These Three examples show that isolating Cuba causes more harm than good. A lot of people have realized this and after 50 years of a failed policy many people want change in the way we deal with Cuba, and that makes this topic highly controversial.

Cuba stands as an example for the world

In the long and turbulent history between Cuba and the United States, it can well be argued that Cuba did not turn out quite like its other Latin American peers. Things seemed to be on the right track in the early 1900’s, when it appeared that Cuba was destined for a future of “independence”, like its neighbour Puerto Rico and it was yet another South American nation rife with the now atypical blend of affluent American investors and poor workers usually native to the land herself. However, following a coup d’état that saw the fall of the American-backed Fulgencio Batista in favour of his social antithesis in communist Fidel Castro, the situation rapidly turned sour. The American government, finding themselves

With a 99.8 literacy rate, Cuba is ranked higher than both Britain and the United states. The reason for its high literacy rate is because after the revolution, the government sent out students to go out and teach those who could not read and mainly focused on the rural parts of Cuba. Women and afro Cubans made up most of the illiterate population, and historically they were always targeted, however when the literacy campaign begin they were not forgotten. Education is viewed in Cuba as a basic human right instead of a luxury. In fact, “The quality of Cuba’s education is recognized at the top international levels; for example, Cuba is ranked at number 16 in UNESCO’s Education for All Development Index, higher than any other country in Latin America and the Caribbean” (Martinez, Carlos 2013). The fact that Cuba is underdeveloped compared to other countries in Latin America, but strives in its education department is incredible. With its free health care, the life expectancy is set at 79 and is higher than most Latin American countries. Many would not think that Cuba is prospering in those two factors because of the amount of people trying to flee the country every year. As much as how good Cuba looks on paper, its people can be be jailed for speaking against the government and even murdered in some cases. Freedom of speech is not a right and the

Even though there has been a lot of progress in Cuba, the lack of import and exports of goods into Cuba has led the economy into a big distress creating a situation where the Cuban people are struggling to put a meal on the table for their families. The Cuban people recognize that the embargo is the door that has kept them shut away from having a better life. After many years of supporting a broken policy, the United States goal of bridling a democracy in Cuba will be reached much quicker by ending the embargo rather than maintaining it.

At first glance, Cuba is a paradise, surrounded by green terrain and shimmering oceans, yet internally the fight for power takes over the country. In the 19th century, many had the desire to be in power, although the two that influenced history as we know it were Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro. Both of these leaders weren’t ideal, as they both had faults to their governments. In fact, their conflict among each other changed the history of the Caribbean. Castro and Batista’s conflict was based upon the disagreement of their goals for the country of Cuba, as well as who their allies were.

During the 1990’s, Cuba’s social and political foundations were jeopardized following the collapse of the Soviet Union. For decades, Cuba’s connections with the USSR and The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) sustained the island’s economy through trade, loans, grants, and military equipment (Binns 1996). Since colonial times, the Cuban sugar industry had made the backbone of the country’s main trading commodity, but following the demise of most of its trading partners, Cuba was faced with an economic downturn that required a revaluation on its reliance in sugar. In this economic restructuring, Cuba’s movement to diversify its main source of revenue was fueled not only by the collapse of the USSR, but by neoliberal pro democratic

In September 1960, Fidel Castro, prime minister of the fledgling government, stood before the United Nations assembly in New York and promised to wipe out illiteracy by the end of the following year – of its total seven million population at the time, more than a million adults were illiterate and less than half of all children had access to school. "Cuba will be the first country of America which will be able to say it does not have one person who remains illiterate," he declared. By 1962 there had been an increase of 6213 public primary schools, 19, 258 teachers and 489, 869 students. (p. 185, MacEwan, 1981). This expansion of the education system meant that by the mid 1960s the literacy rate had risen from 70 to 90 percent. This was significantly higher than any other Latin-American nation at the time. Under Fidel Castro, education became universal however he also ensured that anyone who received this education would actively promote government policies both during and after their schooling. They would also be required to take government-approved courses that didn’t tolerate any criticism of socialism as a way of life. Creating a literate population was a way for Castro to take control and ensure the Cuban people remained loyal to the government. Whilst Castro implementing his education reform drastically improved literacy rates, the ulterior motive behind all this was

Within the financial crisis of 2007, the U.S economy took a turn for the worst. The unemployment rate shot up to 10%(cbpp.org), and as a result there was less money within the economy for: goods, services, and this essay’s key topic; housing. As a result of this economic situation, there was a significant increase in the amount of houses being foreclosed upon. This was mostly caused by the owners of said houses taking out risky high interest loans, because of bad credit, while also being within financially troubled times. The risky and high interest loans caused a chain reaction that resulted in these people defaulting on their payments when “trigger events”, caused by or worsened by the financial crisis, occurred. It is now 2014, and many of the people who defaulted on their mortgage and had to foreclose are now starting to look towards the housing market again. However, they must be able to protect themselves from the problems that caused them retreat from the housing market in the first place. Luckily for these buyers, the current real estate market is a lot more favorable than what it once was. Now, many ways exist for the Boomerang buyer to bounce back and try their hand at obtaining a house again. These ways include the new Federal Housing Administration change, the rent-to-buy house buying option, and generally being prepared.

In 2007-2008, most firms and individuals experienced a worst financial crisis in the recent 80 years. The crisis first started at the USA then extended to the whole world and it spreads from the financial markets to the real economy rapidly. During this financial disaster, Unfortunately, some financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers, WorldCom and General Motors did not overcome the negative impacts unfortunately, covering almost all major industrials who have a significant effect to the global financial markets. The main source of the crisis is precisely from investment banks, who lent money to individuals according to the value of collateral like investment properties. However, with the movements of market price,