Cuba

Fidel Castro, President of Cuba, was one of the inspiring forces of the Cuban Revolution. Guided by the philosophies of his Jesuit education and experiences at his father’s sugar plantation, Castro developed a fundamentally strong view on an independent Cuba, identifying himself with the common folk. On July 26th, Castro led the attack on the Moncada Barracks in order to take over enemy transmitters. However, a lack of planning and poor miscommunication on Castro 's side led to a severe defeat,

On April 17, 1961 one of the greatest foreign policy mistakes of the Cold War was made, the attempted invasion of the Bay of Pigs, Cuba. The failed invasion happened under the administration of John F. Kennedy and caused the deaths and imprisonment of over 1500 Cuban exiles fighting to over throw the rule of Fidel Castro. The aftermath caused much larger impacts towards United States foreign policy. The invasion made the United States look imperialistic to the rest of the world and allowed the Soviet

The way in which an exile attempts to figure out and achieve familiarity a new country is the way that cultural encounter is treated in Ana Menendez' short story "in Cuba I was a German shepherd. The main character, as we will show below in the following paragraphs, employs his previous knowledge and applies it to the new, unknown country he arrives at for the purposes of finding a place for himself. Reading the story shows clearly that the author was aware of the theme of cultural encounters as

Cuba is located in Central America and the Caribbean. The type of government Cuba has is a communist government, so the government plans and controls the economy. The top three exports for Cuba are NESOI items, pharmaceuticals, and tobacco. The top three imports are machinery, fuel, and tobacco. Cuba's GDP goes up about 3% annually and overall, Cuba's government is steadily increasing each year. The population in Cuba is 11,027,000. Cuba’s health per capita is roughly $1,828. Cuba is a multi-ethnic

faced with dramatic turbulence since Europeans first set foot on the island. The treatments were so harsh that all the indigenous people that had resided on the Cuba had been totally decimated. Outsiders have always been a problem in Cuba’s history. All major battles and scuffles had been a result of foreign mingling. In result of this Cuba has stopped foreign trade with the United States and other major foreign trade, except the Soviet Union. Though they had cut off foreign relations with most of

So, Graziano Silva and the President of Cuba have pledged to work together to keep food safety a political priority in the region. Cuba is highly prone to tropical storms, heavy rainfalls and occasional earthquakes which have caused more than $20 billion in losses which damaged the economy and food security. Contrastingly, A severe drought

The Cuban revolutionary movement is still remembered today as a significant cause of what has come of Cuba today but more importantly by the people who were involved. One who played a significant role for his effort to overthrow the Cuban and Bolivian government was Che Guevara. Che Guevara became involved in political change when he was on a trip in Cuba where he met Fidel Castro. At the time, Fidel Castro wanted to overthrow the government which was under control of Fulgencio Batista. Guevara’s

Cuba and the United States have many differences and similarities when it comes to their energy industry. The energy situation in Cuba is completely different than the problem in America for many reasons. The population of any country can affect the energy use. The current community population in Cuba is 11.48 million, and the US is about 323.1 million. The population difference between both countries makes their energy worry differently. The United States is a country that doesn't have to depend

Castro’s Camouflage and the Sanctions on Cuba In the second week of October 1995, Cuban President Fidel Castro strolled into the United Nations building in New York City to attend celebrations commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (Woolway 1). Outside, the streets of New York bustled with the activity of US Federal Agents and anti-Castro protesters (Woolway 1). However, if one would picture a Fidel Castro entering the UN clad in his usual camouflage attire, one

so to them this was the beginning a new Cuba. However, what did this mean for the people in Cuba? Fidel Castro’s brother, Raul Castro, had been in office since 2008, so did Fidel’s death really signify the end of an era and the start of a new and better Cuba? Many were left pondering of what this meant for the future