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"Despite the original promise of the Revolution, the failure of Cuba's leadership to respond effectively to a poor economy, failing social programs and the collapse and repudiation of communism in other parts of the world makes future success unlikely. A terrible economic crisis, the constant reminders of Fidel Castro's age and mortality, serious indications that many of the revolution's goals are as far away from being accomplished as they were in 1958, and the rising disillusionment and cynicism of the Cuban people all indicate that the country's socialist revolution--the most thorough and radical in twentieth-century Latin America--is failing.

The political and economic life of early twentieth-century Cuba was dependent on a powerful planter class and on foreign support, thus creating a lopsided society of privileges. For almost 25 years, a shrewd army sergeant, Fulgencio Batista y Zaldi..."

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The following paper describes the history of communism in Latin America and the United States involvement in Latin American politics.

Tags:communism, latin, america, us

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This paper presents a comparison and contrast between the Nicaraguan and Cuban revolutions. A discussion on the role of the United States in these revolutions is also included. The morality of the actions of the United States in regards to these revolutions is touched upon.

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This is a descriptive paper on the life of Fidel Castro up until he came into power in Cuba. The author examines the way that Fidel Castro came into power, the changes that he made once in power and his stance today. The author argues that Fidel Castro originally gave hope and promise to his nation, yet today he stands for oppression.

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"Castro took Cuba on January 1st 1959 and is currently holding it. He is one of the few leaders whose country is still communist. Castro has put the country through some difficult times such as the Cuban Missile Crisis. Castro was an idealist who believed that the way things were need to be changed but he ended up leaving things the same as they were if not making them worse. He started off wanting to help the people, but now he's oppressing his people."

Tags:china, commuist, communism, crazy, cuba, cubans, dictators, elian, fidel, florida, gonzalez, hispanic, people, russia, world

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"This research paper analyzes at different levels the origins, management and resolution, and consequences of the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962. A careful study of all the material on that crisis which is now available suggests that no single level of analysis is adequate to explain the crisis. The thesis of this paper is: (1) while the immediate cause of the crisis was the Soviet decision to deploy secretly in Cuba medium range and intermediate range ballistic missiles (MRBMs and IRBMs, respectively), which produced a dangerous confrontation between the world's nuclear superpowers, misconceptions, misunderstandings and mistakes by both sides helped bring about the crisis and magnified its intensity; (2) although responsible statesmanship on both sides enabled them eventually to resolve..."

Tags:Cuba, Soviet, union, COLD, WAR

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Christina Garcia's "Dreaming in Cuban" follows three generations of women in a Cuban-American family, and looks at the effects of the Cuban diaspora in America. This paper examines how the novel relates to how families are divided over the revolution.

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"A patchwork of incident, memory, letters, dreams and visions provides glimpses of a Cuban family at home and in exile in the '70's and '80's, but Garcia's debut suffers from its fragmented style. From disparate times, places, and (mostly female) points-of- view, Garcia reveals the circumstances and inner lives of various members of the del Pino family."

Tags:Cuba Castro, diaspora matriarchial garcia christina female communist del pino novel literature

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This is the life story of Che Guevara, a legendary guerrilla fighter and revolutionary leader who represented third world countries. He served under Fidel Castro's government in Mexico, and planned to form a major guerilla army to revolutionize Bolivia. This essay marks his impact on the world as a fighter against higher power.

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"Che Guevara was a Latin American Guerrilla leader and revolutionary theorist who became a hero to the new left radicals. He was convinced that the violent overthrow of the government was the only remedy for the backwardness of third world countries. He joined the revolutionists under Fidel Castro in Mexico and when Fidel came to power he served as prime minister. He then went to revolt in Bolivia. There he was captured and shot near Vallegrand."

Tags:anarchy, communist, goverment, guerrilla, history, warfare

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A detailed summary of the motivation causing Cuba and Russia to provoke this situation; including a day by day summarized narration of President John F. Kennedy's actions as well as Khrushchev's plans. This paper presents exclusive quotes of men on both sides of this potential nuclear war.

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"The start of the first nuclear war seemed inevitable as the interactions between the United States, Russia, and Cuba became hostile. The cold war had been going on for a few years before the missile crisis in October of 1962. After WWII America's relationship with the communist Russia was deteriorating, and problems with Cuba's dictatorship, lead by Fidel Castro, were becoming worst. The race for nuclear weapons was as important as ever, and because Russia feared the United States were too far ahead, they altered their strategy and made a bold move to construct offensive missiles in Cuba, 90 miles off the Florida shore, without telling anyone. Nikita Khrushchev was the current Premier of the Soviet Union and presented his plan to Castro who couldn't turn down the offer. Castro knew that the USA were still attempting to override his dictatorship and had already been threatened by the "Bay of Pigs" unsuccessful invasion that happened less then 2 years previously. The Soviet Union began to ship missiles and equipment along with troops to Cuba, and in October of 1962, the "Cuban Missile Crisis" would begin."

Tags:castro, fidel, john, kennedy, khrushchev, missile, nuclear, war, cuba

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The paper discusses the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 which is widely regarded as the most dangerous moment of the Cold War. The paper shows that the successful resolution of the crisis led to an immediate improvement in relationship between the superpowers, and focused the world's attention on the issues surrounding nuclear capability and deterrence, as well as led to the development of a new method of "crisis management" known as brinkmanship - a diplomatic theory, which involves using the threat of war in order to coerce an opponent into backing down.

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"In a wider sense, however, the overriding legacy of the crisis was to alert the world to the ever-present, and immediate, threat of nuclear war. This realization led the superpowers, and other nations, to reevaluate their policies of nuclear deterrence in the hope of learning how to avoid such a potentially disastrous situation happening again. The significance of the Cuban Missile Crisis is perhaps best highlighted in the words of President Kennedy's national security advisor, McGeorge Bundy, who declared that, "having come so close to the edge we must make it our business not to pass this way again" (462)".

Tags:ExCom, Nikita, Khrushchev, Kennedy, Soviet, Partial, Test, Ban, Treaty

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An examination of why almost every revolutionary movement in Latin America in the 1960's and 1970's failed to achieve its aims. The author explains that the aims of these movements were to defeat or topple an existing regime and replace it with a better regime. It shows that these aims failed because of the methods used.

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"Latin America has had an abundance of guerrilla movements and guerrilla wars in its history. The majority has these, and the ones concerned with in this paper, have occurred in the last twenty to thirty years. Since the success of Fidel Castro in Cuba in January 1959, numerous attempts have been made to overthrow regimes using the same methods used by Castro. It is here that the various Latin American movements have made mistakes. Cuba appears to have been an "exception to the rule", the methods used there were ineffective elsewhere as is noted by the failure of most of the guerrilla movements from 1959 to 1979. It makes no difference whether the movement is politically "left wing" or "right wing" oriented, the errors are still there."

Tags:america, armed, castro, che, fidel, guerilla, guevera, latin, left, struggle, warfare, wing