The United States and Cuba have had a long running with each other. The U.S. and Cuba sure know how to hold a grudge. When Fidel Castro came to power in 1959‚ relations between the two countries quickly devolved into bitter arguments‚ political grandstanding and the occasional international crisis. While Cuba lies less than 100 miles off the coast of Florida‚ the two nations have had no diplomatic relations since 1961 and use Switzerland as a mediator whenever they need to talk. There are a few
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I. INTRODUCTION Following the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s‚ the United States shifted its focus to Cuba with the intentions of freeing the country from its communist ideologies and establishing a democratic government. The U.S. government passed the Helms-Burton Act in an attempt to pressurize Cuba into restructuring. Its enactment was controversial‚ provoking immediate and widespread debate around the world as to whether certain provisions of the Act violated international law
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The history of Spanish culture and their historic events have been captured through art for centuries. Photography is one form of art that has documented and symbolized historic events that are still used today as historical documents. A Cuban photographer‚ Alberto Diaz Gutierrez‚ also known as Alberto Korda‚ famously documented the events of the Cuban Revolution. Alberto Korda became the world’s most famous Cuban photographer for his photography‚ documenting history of the revolution with over 55
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and being thrown out to vanish. He was also strong towards his views of being homosexual‚ his sexual encounters with animals‚ his rebellious nature‚ and his artistic ability in writing. All of which were despised by the Cuban government of Fidel Castro. Arenas describes himself as an‚ “intellectual” (Arenas‚ throughout the whole book) ; someone who (rebelled) and described their actions and emotions through scripts‚ writing‚ etc. unlike someone who is physical in that manner. Reinaldo Arenas explained
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the 50th anniversary of the embargo‚ and the goal of forcing Cuba to adopt a representative democracy still has not been achieved. Fidel Castro resigned his presidency in 2008‚ and abdicated his role as the leader of Cuba’s communist party in 2011 due to illness. His brother Raúl then stepped in to take his place. If 50 years of sanctions have not toppled the Castro regime‚ there is no reason to think the embargo will ever work. 2. The embargo is a relic of Cold War Era thinking and is unnecessary
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atic aDemocratic: 1. Democratic countries are safe to live in. The military protects the citizens and works to keep the country a safe environment. This picture represents democratic leadership because it shows a military sergeant coming back from war for his country‚ as well as he’s being a role model to the kids. This is very different compared to what you would see from an autocratic military sergeant. 2. Stephen Harper is the prime minister of Canada; a democratic country. He is the
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the USA mainland. In the early 1960s‚ Cuba had become a Communist state and was led by Fidel Castro. Cuba began to develop close ties with the USSR and this caused problems for the new USA President. Kennedy and his military advisors planned an invasion of Cuba involving Cuban exiles living in the USA. This took place at the Bay of Pigs but was a complete disaster for the USA. As a result of this‚ Castro began to develop even closer economic and military links with the USSR and its leader‚ Khrushchev
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relations. The Identified unjust by the international corporate practice is the US’s exploitations and interventions in the Cuba’ affair even they represent the republic nation. In 1959‚ US officially recognized the New Cuban government lead by Fidel de Castro overthrowing the Batista government in Cuba because of Cuban revolution. When Cuba demanded the Nationalisation of US owned industries and agrarian reforms‚ which were very vital for the nations development and eradicating poverty. US instead of helping
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Missile Crisis by Edmund Valtmun. After 13 days of being on the brink of war‚ Khrushchev finally agreed to remove the nuclear missiles from Cuba. This cartoon depicts Khrushchev doing just that by way of dentistry in the mouth of Cuban leader Castro‚ saying “This Hurts Me More Than it Hurts You‚” revealing that the removal of missiles in Cuba ultimately meant that Khrushchev had lost the non-combat war by being the first to fold under pressure against the United States. This cartoon
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He demonstrated his beliefs by battling alongside his good friend‚ Fidel Castro Ruz and other revolutionaries in the Cuban revolutionary war. This resulted in the overthrowing of infamous tyranny of Fulgencio Batista whose dynasty came to an end when he fled Havana on the 31st of December 1958 ‚ this triumph crystalized Guevara’s
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