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Cuban Metaphorry: No Man Is An Island
The metaphor "no man is an island" can be applied to the nation of Cuba because this phrase means that people can't thrive when they are isolated from other people.

It can be proven that when they are isolated they can't thrive like they can when they come in contact with the other countries. For example, Cubans had to rely upon the United States to conquer or defeat the Spanish. During the early colonial years, Cuba had served as a primary embarkation point for explorers such as Hernan Cortes and Hernando de Soto. Soon after the revolution in 1959, Cuba took actions that affected American trade interests on the island. In response, the US started not to buy Cuban sugar anymore and then they refused to provide its former trading

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