Cuban American

tyrant who took the lives of 70 of my comrades. Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.” This iconic line triggered one of the greatest events in Cuba’s history, the Cuban revolution. The factors that caused the revolution and the main events during changed the lives of Cuba’s people as well as North Americans. Cuba was a poor, uneducated, country controlled by a brutal dictator in 1953. The attack on the Moncoda barracks and other confrontations caused the people of Cuba to react – storming

comparison is on how ethnicity and race are illustrated. The first nationalist thinker whose ideas I intent to discuss is the Cuban national hero José Martí, a precursor of Latin American modernism. I will contrast Martí’s ideas and writings with the Peruvian journalist and political philosopher José Carlos Mariátegui, the representative and advocator of twentieth century Latin American Marxist ideas. There are some similarities between the offered social solutions between these authors: mainly their rejection

In cuban history there was many dictatorships. But, Fulgencio Batista lead to rise of communism in Cuba and Fidel Castro. Foreign involvement from United States to control Cuba as economical ally, also Bastia treatment mistreatment towards foreigners from Haitian and Jamaican. The Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro use of guerrilla warfare and the peasant population of Cuba lead to successful revolution. The United States felt threatened about Cuban being 90 miles from florida spifly during

The Cuban revolution was a revolution of contradictions (Class notes, March 3rd). This highly debated revolution is said to have started in 1959 when Fidel Castro and his revolutionaries forced Fulgensio Baptista to flee the island allowing for a new revolutionary government, however others have argued it started in 1953 when Fidel Castro first attempted armed insurrection, or in the various failed rebellions of 1844 to 1933 (Chomsky, p. 15). Even the timeline of the Cuban revolution is prone to

the establishment of Fidel Castro’s Marxist-Leninist government on January 1, 1959, a mass influx of Cubans fled the country and made their way to the United States. Miami, Florida was the evident choice for many of those fleeing Cubans because it had a small, yet already-established population of Cubans that had resided there as political exiles of previous regimes, had fled during the wars for Cuban independence, or had escaped economic troubles (Levine & Asis, 3). Trying to settle in a new country

country of Cuba, and their allies. As the leader of Cuba changed constantly from Batista to Castro, the Cuban regime changed. This regime change influenced both American History and Caribbean History. The regime change influenced many changes to history, like: the immigration of Cubans to the United States, the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and more. Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro, both Cuban leaders, influenced yet complicated the relationship between Cuba and the United States a tremendous

understanding of Cuba. My current studies in colonialism, developing economies, Latin American history, culture, and politics will flourish as I take part in this program's sociologically oriented curriculum. Within the curriculum, I wish to take courses in demographic research, advanced Spanish, US-Cuban Immigration and Cuban Economy that address social issues and further my knowledge of the contemporary Cuban experience and how it connects to the past. Building upon what I learn in my courses,

with the events of the Korean War and the tension between the free enterprise versus the socialist. So while the Cold War continued to advance, the corruption of Cuba caused by General Fulgencio Batista, elected president of Cuba who has dictated the Cuban

significance it held on American-Soviet relationships. The battle was not successful due to several intelligence failures and biases during the planning phase. If proper intelligence preparation of the battlefield were utilized, the outcome would have been in favor of the United States (US), with the alternate outcome being a democratic Cuba with trade and partnership with western nations. Cause for Concern The Bay of Pigs is a battle between US trained Cuban exiles and Cuban militant forces. The

at the everyday life and struggles of women during and after the Cuban Revolution. Looking at a lot of the sources available from the Cuban Revolution it is clear to see that women played a crucial role in the revolution. But most of the secondary sources that I have found surround three specific women, Haydée Santamaría, Celia Sanchez and Vilma Espín. These revolutionaries played a crucial role in shaping the outcome of the Cuban Revolution while also advancing feminism and gender equality. By looking