Milcha Sanchez-Scott’s The Cuban Swimmer starts in media res: Margarita Suárez‚ a 19-year-old swimmer‚ is competitively swimming in a race from San Pedro to San Catalina while her family guides her way from a boat. With the support and on-going praise of her loved ones and her passion for the sport‚ Margarita Suárez vigorously pushes herself through the cold Pacific Ocean not only to achieve her hopes‚ dreams‚ and the prize‚ but also to bring her family pride and honor. While she does stand up for
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Castro’s government‚ the public health sector in Cuba was extremely flawed due to political instability‚ corruption‚ and violence (Hirschfeld‚ 2006). Under Batista‚ the health care system was privatized and although Cuba had well trained doctors‚ many Cubans were at a disadvantage. Majority of the health care facilities and services were located in the cities‚ hence leaving those in the rural areas without easy access to health care. (Curious Case of Cuba) As part of being a government with socialist
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The objectives of the Cuban revolution were made around the overall goal of improved life for the citizens. Although the objectives were not perfectly successful‚ the essence of each goal has been met in most cases. The first objective was simple liberation‚ with Che Guevara claiming that this was the path to take if citizens wanted to live in an improved society. The hope for the new society spread as Cuba went through a second phase‚ practical socialism. To achieve this‚ land was equally divided;
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The Cuban Missile Crisis‚ an event that occurred in October 1962‚ almost turned the Cold War “hot”‚ presumably destructive for humanity as we know it. However‚ the conflict proved manageable‚ to all participating sides‚ as no nuclear war actually occurred. To evade escalation of the conflict‚ involved nations were obliged to come to an agreement‚ and overcome their differences. To reach the phase of a resolution however‚ opposing states had to undergo a series of events‚ which escalated the conflict
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(two Cubans -– Máximo and Raúl -- and two Dominicans – Carlos and Antonio) that gather together every morning to play Dominos in a park in Miami. The story often goes back in time telling the reader about the background of some of the men – especially Máximo - and how they lived their lives in their countries before coming to America. In Ana Menéndez’s tale‚ Máximo is the one who is always telling jokes about his homeland. In one of these jokes‚ he says that a group of rafters is on a Cuban shore
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doctors and medical residents to work or practice in rural Cuba for two years‚ which made it possible for rural residents- the majority of Cuba’s population- to receive adequate medical attention. This led to an increase in the life expectancy of Cuban citizen and also decreased the infant mortality rate. Regarding education‚ Castro believed it shouldn’t just be a privilege reserved for the wealthy and the elite. Before Castro took over government control‚ thirty percent of farmers couldn’t write
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The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 was a time of consistent danger‚ stress‚ and constant conflicts between the United States and the Soviet Union. This was a moment when the two states came closest to nuclear war. After the United States failed to dethrone the Castro regime using the Bay of Pigs invasion‚ the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev made a secret agreement with the Cuban premier Fidel Castro. The plan was to place Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba to prevent any attempted invasions.
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The memoir brown girl dreaming has won many awards‚ one of which is the Coretta Scott King Award. This award is one which is given to an African-American author who portrays the black experience to a young adult audience and has well-drawn characters who grow and develop as the story continues. This memoir is told from the perspective of the African-American author‚ Jacqueline Woodson‚ as she grows up in the 1960s and 1970s. There are multiple locations mentioned in this book‚ including Columbus
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160‚000 spectators battled through sloppy and rainy conditions to see Always Dreaming win the first leg of the Triple Crown in dominating fashion. Always Dreaming held off late charges from Lookin At Lee‚ Battle of Midway and Classic
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Samira Lendenmann The Cuban Missile Crisis 1. What did Castro do that so upset the Americans? The Americans felt that Castro was a communist due to his belief in social justice in a well planned economy and his reforms which included the nationalization of US economic interest. 2. Why were they so convinced he was a communist? The USA saw every leader which had a strong belief in socialism and the rights of the people‚ as well as having visionaries of nationalism as a
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