agrarian reform to improve the economy‚ he nationalized all the institutions of Cuba‚ including putting property in the service of the Cuban people for the Cuban people; and he improved the health care system and education to decrease illiteracy greatly. The results are a more equal state with documented advances and advantages for the Cuban people. The Cuban Revolution‚ which was pivotal when it occurred in the 1950s‚ remains‚ as we know‚ important to discussions and studies of social‚ political
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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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Have you ever patronized a Cuban establishment and wondered why they were so passionate to emphasize “Before Castro” when referring to their product? Before the regime of Castro‚ Cuba was a different place socially‚ economically‚ and politically. Before Castro‚ Cuba was under Spanish rule from the days of discovery back in 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed on the island‚ until 1898 when the Cubans finally won their independence from the mother country. The United States helped greatly in their
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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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was a colony of spain and became a base from which Spanish exploration and colonisation took place. Numbers of indigenious Cubans dropped dramatically as a reuslt of European desieases and harsh Spanish rule. Those who remained were converted to Catholicism by missionaries. Cuba became a producer of tobacco and sucre due to its rich soil. The low numbers of indigenous Cubans caused problems for te Spanish‚ who needed large amounts of cheap labour which lead to importaiton of African slaces to work
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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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In analyzing Cristina Garcia’s Dreaming in Cuban‚ it was apparent that the ideas and assertions presented in Thomas C. Foster’s chapter “It’s Never Just Heart Disease...And Rarely Just Illness” are relevant in this novel. In applying the assertions from Foster’s chapter‚ one can conclude each character’s “mental illness” reflects their views on identity in addition to allowing the author to expose their true identity and character. In his chapter‚ Thomas C. Foster presents assertions that disease
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May of 1967. I was a month short of turning 2 years old. I have never visited the country where I was born due to the political system practiced there but I do know its history customs and cultures. I consider myself a Cuban-American. What I mean by this is I was born a Cuban and am very proud to say that; however I was raised in the United States and therefore will always be an American. Throughout this paper I will guide you on a journey throughout the beautiful island that sits just
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Library of Congress – Federal Research Division Country Profile: Cuba‚ September 2006 COUNTRY PROFILE: CUBA September 2006 COUNTRY Formal Name: Republic of Cuba (República de Cuba). Short Form: Cuba. Term for Citizen(s): Cuban(s). Click to Enlarge Image Capital: La Habana (Havana). Term for residents: Habaneros (males)‚ Habaneras (females). Major Cities: Cuba’s six largest cities (more than 200‚000 inhabitants) in order of population (2005 estimates‚ not including urban agglomerations)
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Benjamin A. Saenz‚ in “Exile: El Paso‚ Texas‚” illustrates‚ by means of anecdotes and narratives from his individual experiences‚ that to be profiled and identified by the color of your skin as a possible illegal immigrant is flippant‚ demeaning‚ and misguided. Through his experiences‚ being profiled in El Paso‚ a border town to Mexico‚ Saenz illustrates that looking Hispanic does not deem an individual as an illegal immigrant‚ does not categorize any individual as a criminal‚ does not demand for
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