All I have ever heard about Cuba are stories. Since I was little my grandparents would tell me stories about their native land Cuba‚ but these were not nice stories. Some of these stories I could not even believe them. They seem like things that could only happen in movies. Things like spies‚ people trying to escape the island‚ government oppression‚ poverty and people disappearing without a trace. I used to think these things only happened during the time my grandparents lived there‚ but I was wrong
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CUBAN MUSIC Cuba is a small communist country in the Caribbean. Though they may not have a lot of money and property‚ 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. Over thousands of slaves were brought over during the 1880s‚ and along with them their styles of music. A few of the instruments brought over are still used in Cuban music today such as the bata drums. After
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The most transformative event for Latin America would have to be the Cuban Revolution. It all began when when Sergeant Fulgencio Batista seized power during a election. Batista had been president from 1940-1944 and ran for president in 1952. When it became apparent that he would lose‚ he took power before the elections and cancelled them. The people in Cuba were disgusted with his power grab‚ which left them preferring Cuba’s democracy. Fidel Castro being a rising political maker
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United States access to the island that many Americans tourists might like to enjoy. The agreement does‚ though‚ mark the most sweeping change in U.S. policy toward the nation that lies just 100 miles off the U.S. coast since the U.S. embargo on Cuba started in the early 1960s. The embargo act is an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country. So therefore‚ the United States cannot trade with Cuba nor travel to Cuba. American citizens can face up to a $65‚000 fine for
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leader Castro and his ideology and philosophies‚ the Missile Crisis‚ and Bay of Pigs it is easy to see that Cuba played a very significant part in the development of the Cold War. Before Fidel Castro came to power‚ General Batista was gaining American support in response to Castro supporting the USSR and showing obvious hints of communistic ideology. This sense of communism from Castro was an obvious signifier that he would play a large role in the Cold War with the USSR. Previous to the successes
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THE CUBAN REVOLUTION: GLOBAL IMPACTS A Paper Presented to Mr. Kehrman Regis Jesuit High School In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course World History 3 by Connor Berglund 4/25/12 Before the Cuban Revolution‚ Cuba was under the rule of an oppressive leader named Fulgencio Batista. Batista was despised and an infamous ruler because he caused a huge gap between the rich and the poor. This caused many to
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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 and Fidel Castro’s regime had over the Cuban people it seemed impossible for them to engage in any form of work that would speak out against
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WOMEN AND THE ROLE IN THE CUBAN REVOLUTION Article by: Stephanie Man Revolutionary Women in Cuba Throughout the course of history‚ many revolutions have brought forth the greatest outcomes of a country. The Revolutionary movement of Cuba during 1959 was a pathway to independence and also a separation of gender roles fought by women. This Revolution for Independence is also a revolution in the changes of women roles. Women had legal rights that were protected by law due to the participation
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Cuban Missile Crisis: Outcomes 4) Right after the Cuban Missile Crisis the trade relations between the US and Cuba begin to deteriorate. The then president‚ John F. Kennedy‚ decided to ban trade with any item with Cuba except for non-subsidized food and medicine. And then a year later ban financial transaction with US citizens to Cuban citizens. It was basically an embargo that surprisingly still stands to this day. In 1980 an event happened that 10‚000 Cubans ran into the Peruvian embassy‚ and
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The Cuban revolution was the spark that ignited the flame of Communism in Cuba. The young nation gained independence only as recently as 1898‚ and was already filled with an atmosphere of distrust and resentment towards the United States. In the July of 1953‚ a revolution began in Cuba between the United States backed President Batista and Fidel Castro. Fidel and his brother Raul Castro lead a series of guerilla warfare battles against the forces of President Batista. In the January of 1959‚ Fidel
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