international crisis and political standoff between the Soviet Union and The United States of America over missile placement in Cuba‚ 150 km from US shores. This was a major nuclear threat to world peace. On the 1st January 1959‚ President Batista of Cuba was overthrown. This allowed Castro backed revolutionary forces to seize power. Fidel Castro then became Prime Minister of Cuba. In May 1960‚ a US plane flying over Soviet airspace was shot down and the pilot was taken hostage. The incident forced the
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Soviet Union had secret plans to build missile bases in Cuba‚ which is 90 miles south of Florida. Kennedy wanted to take the least dangerous approach to this problem and decided to demand from Russian Premier Nikitas Khrushchev to remove all missile bases and dangerous weapons from Cuba. Kennedy also ordered a naval blockade in Cuba to all Russian ships. In response to this‚ Khrushchev told his troops that if the United States invaded Cuba to launch the missiles. Seven days passed as the worlds
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Group Paper Indian/Spanish/South American influence on Cuban music Cuba is a small and beautiful communist country in the Caribbean. However they may not have a lot of money and property but Cubans are among the most cheerful‚ musical and outgoing people on earth. The unique sound of Cuban music traces back to the Yoruban and Congolese cultures in West Africa. (Music in Latin America and the Caribbean) Over thousands of slaves were brought over during the 1880s‚ and along with them their styles
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with the reasons for the outbreak of the Cuban Missile Crisis and how close the world came to a nuclear holocaust • The Cuban Missile Crisis (CMC) refers to events which began in October 1962 when the USA found out that the USSR had missiles in Cuba • Both countries pushed each other to the brink or edge of war but backed away at the last minute to avoid Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) • During these tense times‚ military build-up in the area from both countries reached high alert levels
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Revolution Project The Cuba By- Sara Kim Revolution? Revolution generally means a big change. We call something revolution when old thing gets replaced by new thing in wide range. Actually‚ term of revolution is very hard to define. It means big change in general form‚ but it essentially means more than a big change. And there is no specific boundary of ‘big’ so the term of revolution is very hard to define. -Political Revolution Political revolution is a change of government or a
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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 days before the Spanish inhabited Cuba the population was made up of 90% Taino speaking American Indians ho had displaced even earlier inhabitants. Shortly after came the Spanish conquest. Cuba was claimed by Christopher Columbus in 1492. 1 The Spanish discovered sugar; this became important
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Being that I am a Drama major‚ and have always taken a deep interest in the arts‚ I felt like it was natural for me to be drawn to the topic of arts in Cuba. At the start of this semester I was most concerned with the ways in which Cuban artists of all forms were dealing with activism. I eventually found myself struggling with the concept of activism itself and was left wondering if activism was even something that Cubans were allowed to grapple with. Understanding the great deal of power that socialism
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Fulgencio Batista‚ the brutal‚ American-backed Cuban dictator‚ was overthrown by the guerrilla army of Fidel Castro. At that time‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower was president of the United States and his administration welcomed the new leader of Cuba‚ Fidel Castro. For America‚ Cuba provided a naval base at Guantanamo; it was an exotic‚ but conveniently close‚ tourist resort; and low paid Cuban labor made it an attractive investment area‚ much of the island’s agriculture and industry being American-owned. So to
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economic‚ social and political embargo against the communist nation of Cuba‚ imposed by the United States in October of 1960. It was established by America in hopes of encouraging democracy and attempting to topple the communist Castro regime that has ruled for nearly 60 years. However‚ the embargo has accomplished none of what it was intended to do. After nearly 55 years of stalled diplomatic relations with the United States‚ Cuba has yet to embrace democracy‚ cease human rights abuses or release jailed
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which ended up causing worldwide tension. More specifically‚ Cuba as country was affected by the Cold War in many ways and there were many events that caused them to side with the Soviet Union during this time when driven away by America. The major events such as Cuba’s New Regime‚ the Bay of Pigs attack and the Cuban Missile Crisis all had an impact on Cuba being pushed away from American alliance and towards the Soviet Union. Cuba was largely controlled and owned by the United States. This includes
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