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Fidel Castro Communist Regime
1,948 wordsU. S. - Cuban Relations In 1966, NACLA (the North American Congress on Latin America) was founded as an independent organization. It originated out of the United States students movement. The aim of it was to supply policymakers, journalists, academics, analysts, religious and community groups with information about main directions in Latin America and its links with the USA. NACLA studied the role of the USA relationships and foreign policy of it in Latin America. The reports of it were full of...
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Spanish American War Platt Amendment
660 wordsCuba: The Decades Before Castro Cuba is an island nation in the northern Caribbean. At its northernmost point, Cuba is about 100 miles from the southern tip of Florida. It stretches southeasterly 750 miles from the eastern Gulf of Mexico through the northern Caribbean and measures fifty to eighty miles wide (its pretty small). The highest mountains in Cuba, located in the Sierra Maestro range in the southeastern Oriente Province, exceed 6, 000 feet. Except for three small areas, the western lowl...
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Cuban Missile Crisis Fidel Castro
3,503 wordsCuba: 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 wasn? t actually claimed by Spain until the sixteenth century. However, it? s tumultuous beginnings as a Spanish sugar colony provides an insightful backdrop into the very essence of the country? s political and economic unrest. From it? s early revolutionary days to the insurrection challenge of the Marxist-Leninist theories emerged the to...
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U S Government U S Embargo
3,119 wordsHistory of Cuba Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Cuba on October 28, 1492, during his initial westward voyage. In honor of the daughter of Ferdinand V and Isabella I of Spain, his benefactors, Columbus named it Juana, the first of several names he successively applied to the island. It eventually became known as Cuba, from its aboriginal name, Cubanascnan. Colonization by Spain When Columbus first landed on Cuba it was inhabited by the Ciboney, a friendly tribe related to the Arawak....
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Spanish American War Platt Amendment
683 wordsPeriod 3 November 9, 2000 Does Imperialism Really Work? Imperialism is a policy by a stronger nation to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily. It doesnt work for the most part. It strains relations between countries and generally creates bad feelings. Almost every time the United States got involved in a foreign place it caused trouble. The main times that strained relations occurred were during the late eighteen hundreds in Latin Amer...
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Persian Gulf War Monroe Doctrine
3,395 wordsThe United States as a World Power: How long will we be the policeman? The United States has been a super power for decades, and since America has always involved themselves in other countries problems. Instead of isolationism, the country has practiced getting involved. Since the Monroe Presidency, America has been named the World s police force. Dispelling anarchists, and stopping coos, the united states portrays itself as the world protector. Since Monroe, some Americans have felt that isolat...
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