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The Cuban Patriots wanted independence from Spanish rule and the U.S intervened helping Cubans hoping they would let them make a Canal.The Spanish-American War also known as the Ten years war lasted from 1868-1878.The war was taken place in Cuban and the relationship between the U.S. and the Spanish was difficult from the 1870’s-1898.After the Ten years war seventeen years later the Spanish had a revolt in Cuba but was unsuccessful in 1895.During the war the Cuban military tried using quell guerilla

The Cuban Revolution took place in Cuba between December 2, 1956, and January 2, 1959. During this armed struggle, the guerrilla forces, led by Fidel Castro, fought against the government army, under Fulgencio Batista, a dictator who had got into power through a military coup in 1952. With having an armed force of 80 members alone, Fidel Castro with his brother Raul had traveled from Mexico to Cuba on December 2, 1956. The first military action with the government forces they were defeated. The

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

Cuban Communist Revolution By Andrew Caminiti The terrible conditions that many Cuban citizens lived under during the Batista regime was unacceptable. The Cuban Citizens wanted a change and started a revolution. To find out why we go all the way back to 1868 when the United States defeated the Spanish Army giving Cuba its independence. The Cubans elected Fulgencio Batista who did not allow any more elections to take place. This angered many and a new revolution leader formed, Fidel Castro. Fidel

other city in the United States. The majority of Latin's being of Cuban descent. Since the Cuban revolution there have been constant waves of immigrating Cubans to Miami. The result has been a Cuban American society that has created culture diversity within. In order to understand the Cuban American culture you must understand its ethnic origin, politics, and the varying times of immigration. CUBAS ETHNIC ROOTS AND ORIGINS The Cuban population consists of a variety of ethnic origins. In the early

The Cuban Revolution began on July 26, 1953 with the intent to remove General Batista from power. General Batista was a cruel dictator, and under his rule, Cuba experienced many hardships and Cubans lost their democratic rights. Many CUbans looked towards the revolution as a salvation from all of the cruelties they had to endure under Batista’s rule. In 1959, Fidel Castro was declared leader and declared it his intention to transform Cuba into a functioning socialist country. Although the Cuban Revolution

unavoidable to the world, it was the first run through atomic war was holding tight a string. The Cuban Missile Crisis introduced a danger to the world, in which the USSR planted atomic rockets on Cuba. America's reaction was to debilitate propelling atomic rockets at the Russians. This occurrence propelled the world into another time, which displayed atomic weapons as a wellspring of force. The occurrence of the Cuban Missile Crisis still associates with us today in light of the fact that the power atomic

Cubans to Mexicans: Guava to Avocadoes If many Americans heard somebody speaking spanish, plenty would be inclined to believe the speaker is Mexican. Majority of America views both Cubans, Mexicans, and all Hispanics as Mexicans. Both are vastly different in relations of their history, cultures, and foods, yet most of America views them as the same. Although both Cuba and Mexico have Spaniard influence that is the most they have in relation to each other historically. Not much of Cuba is known

Caudillo is a term used to reference Latin American military dictators. Certainly, Latin America has seen its fair share of caudillos. With the Cuban Revolution of 1959, a new caudillo rose to power: Fidel Castro. Castro’s revolution radicalized quickly through a series of agrarian reforms, which resulted in the nationalization of lands. One of the largest implications of the Castro regime and its communist direction was the effect that it had on U.S.-Cuba relations. In the environment of the Cold

On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro and his band of rebels overtook the Cuban government. Their Revolution was based on massive agrarian reform and equality throughout. It was not based on Communism or communistic ideals. The US government was against the rise of Castro and his people. They had been able to control the Cuban government by controlling the successive presidents, since the Spanish-American War early in the 20th Century. The rise of Castro was undertaken with a distinct anti-American flavor