Cuba and US relations

In the early 1900’s, Cuba was a stomping ground for many of the rich and famous from the United States. Many famous movies stars and wealthy business entrepreneurs spend their vacations there along with a substantial amount of money. Trade and commerce between the United States and Cuba flowed freely and abundantly. Even with the Dictatorship-like regime of Batista, the countries benefited from the economic trade between them. This was all about to come crashing down as revolts against Batista occurred and Fidel Castro came to power within Cuba.

It was after Castro took power that the United States changed its way in which it dealt with Cuba dramatically. The United States decided it would place major sanctions against Cuba and would try to cut Castro off of dealing with not only the United States, but any other country the US dealt with as well. It was during this time that the Cold War was in its adolescence stage and the United States was doing everything in its power to make sure that smaller, third world countries did not become communist or even associate themselves with the Soviet Union in any way.

One of the reasons sanctions were placed against Cuba was that during the revolution against Batista, research was d

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These decisions that were made follow, albeit loosely, along the line of two decision models we have studied: the Presidential model and the Administrative Model. one into Castro’s background and it was shown that two of his lieutenants; Ernesto “Che” Guevara and Fidel’s brother Raul, were said to be communists.

Some of the groups that tried to influence the decision making process were big businesses that had buildings and a workforce in place in Cuba. Another time this model was shown was during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The research also led one to believe that even though Castro might not be a Marxist-Leninist, he was a Soviet sympathizer . Another group that tried to exert their influence on the decision making were Cuban exiles that wanted to see their homeland go back to being a country that was starting to break out of being a third world country. These problems along with the GNP of the country also dropping substantially caused Castro to start to look at how Communism might be able to help him out of these troubles. The US wanted Batista to give up his leadership of the country so a new government could take over but the State Department was unsure how to go about accomplishing this since there wasn’t enough information to show what group could lead the Cuban people. One way this is shown is by the Bay of Pigs Invasion. It could be said that the goals of the sanctions were met, since Castro’s regime is slowly dying, but this was not due to the sanctions themselves but instead to the lack of monetary income from the Soviet Union. Another reason behind the sanctions was because of how Castro was handling himself as the new leader of Cuba. In today’s society, many US businessmen bypass the sanctions placed on Cuba by traveling to another country first and then into Cuba to entertain business ventures and find quality cigars. The country is in disarray to this day and the monetary help that flowed into the country from the Soviet Union is almost non-existent. He handled the crisis without outside help and made all the decisions himself (with the input of his advisors). This idea was given to the President and he agreed with it and it was implemented without the knowledge of congress or any other government agency.

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