In an interview granted to members of the Hemispheric Institute during the Encuentro Excéntrico (2017) in Chile‚ Martiel shares that his grandparents emigrated to Cuba from Haiti and Jamaica “para trabajar la zafra y recoger café.” In this way‚ it is possible to read his performance as containing an autobiographical aspect‚ as he is‚ literally‚ “hijo de haitiano.” Although Martiel states that his grandparents never returned to their native Haiti and Jamaica‚ the performance can be understood as a
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The United States‚ a country founded under the oppressive regime of a tyrant on the notion that all people have basic unalienable rights‚ repeated mistakes made earlier in the Cold War at The Bay of Pigs. Like his predecessors‚ Truman and Eisenhower‚ Kennedy made a fundamental mistake in Cuba; he did not bother to learn about the people‚ culture‚ or language of the area he planned to invade. If he had‚ he would have been made aware of Fidel Castro’s overwhelming support throughout Cuba‚ and perhaps
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In this short talk by Filipe Castro Matos‚ he begins his argument by stating to “go beyond natural.” By pushing our limits beyond our comfort zone‚ we are able to reach things we’ve never imagined before. Matos‚ however‚ does not mean it on a large scale. No employing hundreds of people or saving lives in Africa‚ he talks about how the smallest changes can have a large impact. The speaker shares his story about a challenge he did in the past of waking up at 4:30 AM for 21 consecutive days. By simply
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DBQ The Effects of the Cuban Revolution on Women’s lives and Gender relations in Cuba from 1959 to 1990 The lives of women had changed in a good way. The way it was before the revolution they had no rights and their husband or father was the one in charge‚ as it says in document 1 “…the mothers and the daughters had to tolerate the male authority as longed they lived the father or husband.” No matter what starting from birth if you were a girl you were always gonna be under male authority whether
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War seemed to be at an all time high in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Many global powerhouses like America and Spain were determined to conquer land that posed potential benefits and financial growth. In this case America’s neighbor Cuba offered a unique range of crops and business possibilities. Originally Cuba was under the Spanish rule‚ and evidence supports the claim that many cubans did not want to be under the spanish rule for several reasons. This eventually lead to some cubans migrating
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Storming the Court This true story begins with the overthrow of the first elected president of Haiti and the persecution of his supporters by a military regime. In the early 90’s‚ thousands of people fled Haiti on boats headed to the United States. The US coast guard intercepted the refugees‚ INS’s hasty screening process determined they were all economic migrants and returned them to Haiti. A group of Florida lawyers were concerned with INS screening processes and filed the Baker lawsuit. The court
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A new form of cinema or third world cinema main goal is to challenge the power structure and in due course increase social consciousness. Social consciousness focuses specifically‚ on creating a rational thinking within society by incorporating politics‚ a sense of nationalism‚ and a wide range of ideologies. This intricate cinema wants to “organically” reveal the reality of what’s going on as well as educate the individual living in this society. In relation to Cuba‚ it educates by demonstrating
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In the twentieth century the economy developed at a quick rate. In 1929 the ’Colombian Renaissance’ happened because of an espresso bonanza made by Brazil (Palacios and Safford‚ 2002). Viciousness additionally turned into an industry in the republic beginning with espresso inconveniences and prompting progressive guerrillas and the FARC. This prompted lack of respect for the law. Around 1999‚ the administration was giving game plans to Pablo Escobar‚ a terrorist and medication lord. In 2011‚ the
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Guantanamo bay is a military base in Cuba after the Cuban – American treaty in 1903‚ the treaty says that they will lease the land to the United States of America for the purpose of coaling and naval stations for as long as necessary. Keeping this in mind‚ the treaty does not give permission for the US Secret Services to put prisoners in the detention camp. But if Cuba is aware of this (which they are) why are they allowing for such actions to take place? The base was first turned into a detention
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In the documentary Fog of War‚ former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara names eleven lessons he feels he has learned about war during the course of his life. They all come with a certain amount of merit‚ but the three that stand out the most are Lesson #1: empathize with your enemy‚ Lesson #4: maximize efficiency‚ and Lesson #9: in order to do good‚ you may have to engage in evil. Overall‚ these lessons are the most difficult to both execute in war and explain to the American public while simultaneously
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