For thirteen days in October of 1962‚ the world lingered on the verge of a nuclear conflict of unparalleled proportions. In the eyes of those involved with the crisis every action seemed to flirt with disaster and beckon doomsday. The United States discovered the presence of Soviet missile silos in Cuba‚ capable of launching nuclear-tipped weaponry that could target much of the Eastern United States. President John F. Kennedy‚ under pressure from his advisors chose to order a naval “quarantine”
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Before I start analyzing films‚ I’m doing some initial background research on the general perception of Che Guevara. To begin‚ I ran a Google search of “Che Guevara hero” and “Che Guevara terrorist‚” just to see which would get more hits. “Che Guevara hero:” 2‚080‚000 “Che Guevara terrorist:” 1‚020‚000 Already‚ I can see that the image of Che as a hero is dominant over the image of Che as a terrorist. There are over two times as many hits for “hero” as for “terrorist.” The first few hits for
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Political Exiles: Give me Liberty For the past few weeks‚ in Non-Western Art class‚ we have discussed later Japanese artworks and how it relates to the theme of social justice. Out of the many featured artworks we have covered‚ An Exiled Emperor on Okinoshima intrigued to me the most and thus motivated me to do an extensive research on it. The person who was exiled on Okinoshima Island was identified as Emperor Go-Daigo‚ the 96th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession
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death is not necessarily the end of life‚ but rather the creation of a new form or cycle of life. This internal struggle is illuminated in Rosalia de Castro’s poem [Mild Was the Air]‚ along with various other works of romantic poetry. In this poem‚ Castro discusses the intricate relationship between the frequently explored romantic topics of nature and death. Moreover‚ the romantic poet especially focuses on the importance of feelings and spirituality in guiding individuals to a profound insight about
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The Cuban politician and revolutionary named Fidel Castro‚ had miraculously avoided 634 assassination attempts. These assassinations were mostly carried out by the CIA and Cuban exiles. One of the assassination schemes involved recruiting one of Castro’s former lovers as a hitwoman who was supposed to sneak a poison pill into Castro’s mouth while he slept. The woman later reported that Castro found out about this attempt and gave the woman his gun to kill him‚ but did not do it. Several other attempts
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sent Khrushchev. The exchange between the two leaders is centred around the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Cuban Missile Crisis originated as a result of the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion; in July 1962‚ Soviet leader Khrushchev and Cuban leader Fidel Castro struck a deal in which Soviet missiles would be placed on Cuban soil to prevent any future attempts at invasion. Despite warnings by Kennedy that this was unacceptable‚
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I watched an amazing video documentary the other day about the hopes‚ dreams‚ and reality of youth and young adults in Cuba. It was an eye-opening presentation of a generation that longs for the very freedoms we are allowing to slip away. As I watched‚ I could not help but compare their passion for freedom in a rigid political system‚ to our alarming trend towards allowing‚ or even worse encouraging a more socialist posture. In Cuba‚ "jobs" are government jobs‚ the pay is not enough to live on‚
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is because of the new economic reforms that Raul Castro has put into place. This is Cuba’s 4th year into turning Cuba’s dual economy into a mixed one. The government regularly “updates” the country which means massive layoffs of the state workers‚ distribution of unoccupied land‚ agricultural reform‚ expansion of small businesses‚ cuts in social spending‚ etc. But mostly‚ the main goal
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Citizenship is somewhat a birthright‚ a game of chance. It is given to you based on the physical location of your birth. Citizenship is identifies that a certain people have to abide by the laws of the land and can express certain rights. The US has a long history of discriminating against African Americans because of their color of skin and ancestry. Activists of the black freedom struggle questioned citizenship because they couldn’t express the same rights as everyone else. “Your freedom ends
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1962‚ Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev conceived the idea of placing intermediate-range missiles in Cuba. A deployment in Cuba would double the Soviet strategic arsenal and provide a real deterrent to a potential U.S. attack against the Soviet Union. Castro agreed to this plan‚ only because he was searching for a barrier to stop a US invasion. When Kennedy ordered a quarantine put on Cuba and a naval blockade to be implemented‚ he announced the discovery of the missiles to the public. He also proclaimed
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