Ernesto Guevara de Serna was born in Argentina in 1928 into a fairly privileged family. He developed serious asthma at the age of two‚ which would plague him throughout his life. He was home-schooled by his mother‚ Celia de la Serna. It was these early years when he became an eager reader of Marx‚ Engels‚ and Freud which all were all part of his father’s library. He went to secondary school in 1941‚ the Colegio Nacional Dean Funes‚ Cordoba‚ where he excelled in literature and sports. At home
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the U.S. and unnecessary escalation of tensions and hostilities. These hostilities were fed not only by the Cold War sentiments against the Soviet Union‚ but also by the rapid deterioration of Cuban relations after the assumption of power by Fidel Castro. This aligned Cuba increasingly with the Soviet Union‚ and created a sort of threatening alliance against the United States that escalated and already tense situation. Of prime importance in this escalation are events such as the failed Bay of Pigs
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Guevara travelled around Latin America‚ and in 1953 in Guatemala‚ he met Hilda Gadea who was an exiled Peruvian economist and a communist leader. They developed affection for one another and as time passed by‚ they got married in 1955. Hilda described Che as an intelligent man and a person who gave a sense of security that made her feel supported even in the most difficult times. His love for his family can be traced back to the times when he was schooled at home by his mother due to continuous
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of poverty‚ hunger‚ and the diseases people were suffering he started to move out the medical field thinking of other ways to support the unfortunate. In 1955 Guevara was introduced to Fidel Castro and his brother Raul. They as a group developed a plan to overthrow the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. As Castro planned for a last offensive against Batista’s troops‚ he led Guevara in charge of the eighth column with the power to move through islands and the ability to separate government forces around
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States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba and was in the act of preparing for an invasion. A few advisors and other state departments assured President Kennedy that Fidel Castro was not a threat at all. President Kennedy did not agree and saw Fidel Castro as a mastermind. He believed that the taking down of Fidel Castro would show Russia‚ China‚ and fellow Americans that President Kennedy was serious about winning the Cold War and was willing to fight to prove so. Kennedy began to create a plan
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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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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 then requested political asylum. Castro then said that any of those people wish to leave and are in political asylum‚ they could do so. 125‚000 Cubans went to the United States‚ including political and economic refugees and also criminals and mental patients. 5) The Cuban Missile Crisis
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One of my favorite persons in history is President John F. Kennedy. He has always been my favorite president and always will be. I love him for several reasons; he was hero during his time in the military‚ he stayed strong during the cold war‚ and he fought for civil rights. Kennedy elisted in the military not long after he graduated from Harvard. He was assigned to command a torpedo control boat in the south Pacific. On August 2‚ 1943‚ the PT-109 was struck by a Japanese ship and split in two. Even
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Cuba is a totalitarian communist state. They have one party: Cuban Communists Party and rules “the highest leading force of society and state” which is headed by Raul Castro. President Raul Castro has a monopoly over all government aspects. The national assembly acts as Cuba’s legislative. Their court system has People’s Supreme Court‚ provincial courts‚ municipal courts‚ and the military courts. The People’s Supreme Court is split into five chambers: criminal‚ administrative and civil‚ labor‚ state
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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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