Cuba The Plight of a Nation and its Revolution
Cuba: The Plight of a Nation and its Revolution While the isle of Cuba was initially discovered on October 27, 1492 during one ofColumbus' 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 backdropinto the very essence of the country's political and economic unrest. From it's earlyrevolutionary days to the insurrectional challenge of the Marxist-Leninist theories emerged thetotalitarian regime under Fidel Castro in present day Cuba. Cuban colonial society was distinguished by the characteristics of colonial societies ingeneral, namely a stratified, inegalitarian class system; a poorly differentiated agriculturaleconomy; a dominant political class made up of colonial officers, the clergy, and the military; anexclusionary and elitist education system controlled by the clergy; and a pervasive religioussystem.1 Cuba's agrarian monocultural character, economically dependant upon sugarcultivation, production and export severely restricted its potential for growth as a nation, therebyfirmly implanting its newly sprouted roots firmly in the trenches of poverty from the very
This is, of course, theoryhowever, and not fact. They appreciated it then, and some still support Castro now. Paradoxically, the breakdown ofthe authoritarian regime in Cuba illustrates the fragility of presumably reliable clientelisticarrangements, insofar as these cannot substitute for strong central authority. Kirk, Cuba: Twenty-Five Years of Revolution, 1959 to 1984 (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1985), p. Because Cuba had historically always been inpolitical turmoil, it was not difficult for Castro, for all his charm and charisma, to win thepopular vote of the people. here were still disruptive protests against U. trade embargo has proved ineffective andinhumane, others respond that the United States should continue toapply pressure on Castro until he is toppled from power. del Aguila, Cuba: Dilemmas of a Revolution (Colorado: Westview Press, Inc. Organized opposition is not allowed. In the summer and fall of 1920 when the price of sugar fell fromtwenty-two cents a pound to three cents a pound, Cubans were left poverty stricken and starving,as their sugar market was totally dependent upon the United States. More importantly, Castro wouldno longer have an excuse for the deficiencies in the Cuban economy.
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