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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The history of Fidel Castro’s and the Cuban Revolution‚ has left many of the citizens of Cuba in great debate over his legacy. Castro can be credited for the anti-Batista movement‚ were he and his fellow members of the coalition‚ overthrew U.S.-backed dictator‚ Fulgencio Bastita on December 31‚ 1958. Castro‚ can also be proclaimed as the man who put an end to racism within the developing nation. He also implemented a national literacy campaign. However‚ as the year’s progress‚ questions remain
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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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During the time period of 1890-1897‚ many events and people shaped the Cuban history to what it is today. These seven years stood for the right of freedom and justification for The Cuban people that were under the control of Spain. Jose Marti was a key person in the role of this revolution. He caused the up rival of Cuban citizens against the Spanish rule. This led to the Cuban War of Independence‚ a crucial event in the development of Cuba. Jose Marti was a very important person in Cuba’s history
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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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unaccompanied children crossing the southern US border and the Middle Eastern refugees fleeing into Europe. Another lurking possibility is that Raul Castro might imitate his brother’s previous actions in the 1980 Mariel Boatlift in which more than 100‚000 Cuban citizens came to South Florida in a matter of a few months. Hidden in this deluge of humanity was the fact that Fidel Castro emptied his prison and mental health populations into the mass migration. Ian Smith‚ an attorney working for the Immigration
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accomplish great things‚ we must not only act‚ but also dream; not only plan‚ but also believe.’ Saying that it is simply not enough to have dreams and goals‚ and it is also not enough just being a hard-working person. It takes a combination of both dreaming and aspiring to greater things‚ and also a person or people that are prepared to work hard and who believe in what they do‚ in order to eventually accomplish something ‘great’. The audience for this piece of writing is for a collection of expository
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Address on the State of the Nation Message to Congress Of His Excellency Carlos P. Garcia President of the Philippines [January 26‚ 1959] Mr. Senate President‚ Mr. Speaker‚ Members of Congress: I address you today to sound a call for vital and bold decisions on the future of our national economy. The eyes of our people are on us in this hall and their ears are cupped toward this lectern on which I stand‚ in anxious anticipation of what the national leadership‚ which you and I share by their
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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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