As Fidel Castro fished in his favorite bay on the Southern coast of Cuba‚ he couldn’t have envisioned that in the very same place he would win the most defining battle of his leadership. Ruling an island with barely over 7 million inhabitants‚ he knew that his actions would be under global scrutiny as the world divided itself into two opposing halves. He knew that he had to be careful with what he did with his own country‚ as well as stay wary of what other leaders did with their countries‚ too.
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Cuba ’s leader‚ Fidel Castro‚ came to power in 1959 and immediately instituted a communist program of sweeping economic and social changes. Castro allied his government with the Soviet Union and seized and nationalized billions of dollars of American property. U.S. relations with Cuba have been strained ever since. A trade embargo against Cuba that was imposed in 1960 is still in place today. Despite severe economic suffering and increasing isolation from the world community‚ Castro remains committed
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known for his second presidency‚ however‚ which was characterized by the forceful and oppressive means in which he ruled Cuba as well as corruption in the government. His second presidency left Cuba in turmoil and disaster‚ opening the door for Fidel Castro to begin rule. Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was born in Banes‚ Cuba in 1901 to parents of mixed descent. His parents‚ who’s mixed ancestry included that of "Negro‚ white‚ Indian‚ and Chinese‚" lived and worked on a sugar plantation as peasant
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oppressive Batista regime‚ a band of freedom fighters‚ anchored by Fidel Castro‚ marched through the Cuban capital city of Havana. Upon his arrival‚ Castro immediately seized control of the Cuban government and declared himself the highest executive of the island nation‚ Premier of Cuba. In April of 1959‚ Castro visited the United States in order to gain support for his policies in leading Cuba. The majority of Americans warmly embraced Castro‚ "assuming that this charismatic leader would guide Cuba to
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Invasion the USSR increased its support of Fidel Castro’s Cuban regime‚ and in the summer of 1962‚ Nikita Khrushchev secretly decided to install ballistic missiles in Cuba. President Kennedy and the other leaders of our country were faced with a horrible dilemma where a decision had to be made. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara outlined three possible courses of action for the president: "The political course of action" of openly approaching Castro‚ Khrushchev‚ and U.S. allies in a gambit to
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talk about the events that led up to the crisis. In January 1959‚ 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
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Ana Belen Montes was born in 1957 on a United States military base in West Germany. Her parents both had strong Puerto Rican roots‚ however‚ English was their first language at home. After leaving the military base‚ Montes along with her three siblings and parents‚ settled for a short time in Topeka‚ Kansas before moving to Towson‚ Maryland where Ana Belen Montes received a supreme public education. Ana’s family became wealthy after her father took a job in a private psychoanalyst practice. Even
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Jesse Jackson A. An American Hero Knowing how to address Jesse Jackson might be a problem. Should one call him Mr.Jackson‚ or should he be addressed as Jesse in response to his relaxed‚ unaffected style? Perhaps he should be called Reverend Jackson to acknowledge that he is an Baptist ordained minister‚ or Dr. Jackson in recognition of his doctor of divinity degree. However one decides to address him‚ only part of this complex and influential person will be acknowledged. (1) Jackson was
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specific national holidays are celebrated exclusively in Cuba. Specific holidays honoring Cuban history are observed annually. The biggest of the national holidays is Revolution Day‚ the 26th of July. Revolution Day marks the day on which‚ in 1953‚ Fidel Castro raided the barracks of the Batista dictatorship. Revolution Day is celebrated in many of U.S. citizens need approval from the Treasury Department to spend money in Cuba. Since the end of the Eisenhower administration‚ most business transactions
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budget of many of these problem creating more problems for the working‚ low wage families that live in US. Cuba is slowing advancing in this modern society and has been under the rule of Fidel Castro as either president or as prime minister from February of 1959 to February of 2008 and then his brother Raul Castro took over. Almost fifty years the Communist party of Cuba has been in control. The Cuban government is categorized as an Authoritarian system. That is defined as a government run by a small
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