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  • Political Ideology Of Fidel Castro
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    When you speak of Fidel Castro, what do you speak of The Cuban Leader is not your everyday leader. To fully understand Fidel Castro you must have a firm foundation with which to work from. I will explore the political ideology of Fidel Castro by explaining what is in an ideology, Fidel Castros background, and his political position both before the Cuban revolution and presently. An ideology is a number of action-oriented, materialistic, popular, and simplistic political theories that were origin...
  • Leadership Position In Cuba And Cubans
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    American Cultures The Bay of Pigs Characters: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as the president of the United States, was a main character in the story of The Bay of Pigs. He entered during the beginning of the book and was a major influence in the actions taken towards the Cubans and Fidel Castro during the invasion of communist Cuba. Pep San Romana was the leader of Cuban Brigade 2506, given its name in honor of the first Cuban man lost from the brigade, Carlos Santana. At first, Pep San Romana resign...
  • Medicines And Medical Supplies To Cuba
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    Cuba and the Affects of the Embargo The island nation of Cuba, located just ninety miles off the coast of Florida, is home to 11 million people and has one of the few remaining communist regimes in the world. Cubas 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 be...
  • Fidel Castros Regime
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    CUBA THE TOTALITARIAN REGIME THAT STILL GOES ON Introduction When Columbus came to Cuba in 1492, he and his predecessors would probably never have imagined of this islands outcome within the centuries ahead. from conquering the country, to its independence, to the totalitarian regime put into it, all these major events have made the island what it is today. Before giving the whole story about the Communists, one must understand how the country was born so heres a little bit of a background histo...
  • Failure Of The Bay Of Pigs Invasion
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    Bay of Pigs: The Failed Invasion The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs is one of mismanagement, overconfidence, and lack of security. The blame for the failure of the operation falls directly in the lap of the Central Intelligence Agency and a young president along with his advisors. The fall out from the invasion caused a rise in tension between the two great superpowers and ironically, thirty-eight years after the event, the person whom the invasion was meant to topple, F...
  • Cia Officials And Cuban Exiles
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    The story of the failed invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, which is located on the south coast of Cuba about 97 miles southeast of Havanna, was one of mismanagement, poor judgment, and stupidity (Bay of Pigs 378). The blame for the failed invasion falls directly on the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and a young president by the name of John F. Kennedy. The whole intention of the invasion was to assault communist Cuba and put an end to Fidel Castro. Ironically, thirty-nine years after the Ba...
  • Bay Of Pigs Invasion And The Cia
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    In 1959, Fidel Castro, a leader of an underground antigovernment group, successfully led a rebellion against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista to become the Premier of Cuba. He then triggered a series of events which were considered hostile by the United States. In 1960 Castro took over American oil refinery, sugar mills, and electric utilities. Moreover, in the early 1960's he began to welcome communism and formed close ties with the USSR. Such events led the United States to take measures. Afte...
  • Operations Against Castro
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    The Bay of Pigs Invasion By late 1958 Castro was still fighting a guerilla war against the Fulgencio Batista. Before he came to power, there was an incident between his troops and some vacationing American troops from the nearby American naval base at Guantanamo Bay. During the incident some U.S. Marines were held captive by Castro's forces but were later released after a ransom was secretly paid. Because of what happened the United States and the chief of U.S. Naval Operations, Admiral Burke, w...
  • Favorable Economic Relations With Castro's Cuba
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    Curtis Scott Political Science 363 Book Review Response to Revolution Response to Revolution, by Richard E. Welch Jr., is an honest and unbiased look at America's policy towards Cuba during the Cuban Revolution. It covers the general history of and preconceived notions about the revolution in depth and gives ample attention to both sides of the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba. In addition to this Welch analyzes the reactions of America's various factions during the early years of the revo...
  • Unsuccessful Invasion Of Cuba By Cuban Exiles
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    1961, an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles, supported by the U.S. government On Apr. 17, 1961, an armed force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in the Bah " ia de Co chinos (Bay of Pigs) on the south coast of Cuba Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with the approval of the Eisenhower administration, and supplied with arms by the U.S. government, the rebels intended to foment an insurrection in Cuba and overthrow the Communist regime of Fidel Castro The Cuban army easily defeated the ...
  • Control Of Cuba
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    CUBA: A Bright Future Introduction: On first glance, Cuba is not what it seams. One might think of the island simply as the last bastion of Communism in an increasingly democratic and capitalistic world. This is increasingly untrue, and can no longer be considered a fact. It is true, however that in the past Cuba has gone to great lengths to make itself isolated, this was simply a tactic to ensure that their unique society was not diluted by any outsider influence, especially American. The resul...
  • American Policy Change Toward Cuba
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    ... irs. Those in charge of Operation Pluto, based this new operation on the success of the Guatemalan adventure, but the situation in Cuba was much different than that in Guatemala. In Guatemala the situation was still chaotic andArbenz never had the same control over the country that Castro had on Cuba. The CIA had the United States Ambassador, John Puerifoy, working on the inside of Guatemala coordinating the effort, in Cuba they had none of this while Castro was being supplied by the Soviet ...
  • Cuba During The Cuban Missile Crisis
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    The Batista Regime In March 1952 former president Batista, supported by the army, seized power. Batista suspended the constitution, dissolved the congress, and instituted a provisional government, promising elections the following year. After crushing an uprising in Oriente Province led by a young lawyer named Fidel Castro on July 26, 1953, the regime seemed secure, and when the political situation had been calmed, the Batista government announced that elections would be held in the fall of 1954...
  • Government And Politics Of Cuba
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    Cuba: The Plight of a Nation and its Revolution While the isle of Cuba was initially discovered on October 27, 1492 during one of Columbus first voyages, it wasnt actually claimed by Spain until the sixteenth century. However, its tumultuous beginnings as a Spanish sugar colony provides an insightful backdrop into the very essence of the countrys political and economic unrest. From its early revolutionary days to the insurrection al challenge of the Marxist-Leninist theories emerged the totalita...
  • Cuba Turn To The Communist Soviet Union
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    "Kennedy's Fixation with Cuba" Thomas G. Paterson Thomas G. Paterson's essay, "Kennedy's Fixation with Cuba", is an essay primarily based on the controversy and times of President Kennedy's foreign relations with Cuba. Throughout President Kennedy's short term, he devoted the majority of his time to the foreign relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union. After the struggle of WW II, John F. Kennedy tried to keep a tight strong hold over Cuba as to not let Cuba turn to the Communist Soviet Union...
  • Tourism And Trade With Cuba
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    U.S. Against Cuba Should Americans and the United States government advocate some type of normal relationship with Cuba? Would the opening of trade and travel lead to a Cuban democracy and the improvement of human rights in that country? Would Cubans benefit from American tourism? The answer to all these questions was definitely NO, as I analyzed an extremely strong argument against Cuban relations presented by Frank Calzon, who is the executive director of Center for a Free Cuba. His writings h...
  • Traffic Between West Germany And West Berlin
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    One very important factor in the Cuban missile crisis was Cuba's location. Cuba is an island approximately 90 miles off the coast of America. Which was and still is in good missile range of USA. And so the USA wanted to keep it's influence by means of trading links and controlling the Cuban economy this meant the USSR could hold no influence in the area. Until 1959, Juan Batista ruled Cuba. At this time Cuba was very dependant on the USA; there were many US banks and businesses on the island, as...
  • Castro's Relationship With The Usa
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    Whereas today, Castro may be seen as the person who made it possible for "200 million people to live in the street and they are certainly not Cuban"; during the first decade of his rule Castro was effective in implementing social justice and freedom of the economy from the USA. This was done by implementing policies such as the land reform, education reforms, agricultural diversification and political decrees. Although these changes may seem to have great success; at the same time, Castro was un...
  • Nuclear Base In Cuba In October 1962
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    In December 2 1961; Castro declared in a speech that he was a true follower of Marxism; therefore, Cuba was socialist country. Although it is that Khrushchev decided to place missiles in Cuba in response to the Jupiter missile being established in Turkey; or the fact that he wanted to test the president Kennedy and his commitment towards the battle against communism. The main reason to why Khrushchev decided to place missiles in Cuba was to secure Castro's position as a leader and show the world...
  • Trade Embargo On Cuba In 1961
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    The longest embargo in modern history is that which the United States has imposed on Cuba. The embargo has directly affected trade, domestic economic activity and foreign aid. In recent years, the demonization of Cuba in domestic American politics, paired with the powerful lobby of Cuban Americans who fled Castro's revolution, have introduced a new element to the American boycott of Cuba. Despite a tenuous history, it would prove more beneficial to the United States to normalize relations with C...

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