Fidel Castro was the Cuban Prime Minister from 1959 to 1974, and then became president of Cuba in 1974; he is still in that position today. Castro was born on August 13, 1927, in Mayari. His father was an immigrant from Galicia, Spain. He attended Catholic schools as a child. In 1945, he went to t...

Since 1962 there has been an embargo on Cuba. Within the last 40 years we have seen the Cuban way of life turn into absolute poverty and a struggle. Cuba's economy has done nothing but fall into an absolute depression, which shows no change in the way it's heading. Other countries also...

Explain the U.S. & Russian Positions Introduction The Cold War between the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union was a clash of distant ideologies in a changing world. Friction developed between the two on many occasions as either side tried to expand their sphere...

The Americans gained control of Cuba in the late nineteenth century and by 1950 supported a shady regime under Fulgencio Batista, who took control of Cuba by force in 1933. By the late 50's, the Americans controlled the Cuban economy. Fed up with Batista's corrupt regime, Fidel Castro, a...

During the mid to late 1890s, the United States began paying closer attention to foreign affairs, and also became more aggressive towards foreign conquests. As newspapers and other forms of press and media developed into a more prevalent occurrence in the average Americans' lives, the power beg...

Cuba is a communist dictatorship, with Fidel Castro as the head of state. It does not have an independent judiciary nor does it have free elections. So the people of Cuba would be considered subjects to the country. Fidel Castro led a rebel army to overthrow the Cuban government and achieved victory...

The U.S. had feared the worst with the Cuban Missile Crisis: a nuclear attack. The Soviets were not necessarily planning on using the missiles to go ahead and begin a war with the U.S. It was merely set up as a tactic to keep the U.S. out of Cuba and to leave Castro and his government alone mainly i...

Although the Cuban economy may be thought of as a complete failure, the command system structure can still be an effective way of creating a successful economy. From the 1960s revolution to the 1990\'s collapse of Russia, the Soviet Union managed to maintain the Cuban economy by trading them sugar ...

Excitement was high for Cuba, when Fidel Castro overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in January 1959. With a heady mixture of nationalism and left – wing ideologies US became very cautious for its southern comrades Central and Southern America and perhaps herself. When Castro took ...

History Homework: Page 676 #1-4 1) Identify: a) John F. Kennedy: raised in a wealthy and political family, whose mother was the daughter of the congressman and mayor, John F. Fitzgerald and gather was an ambassador to Great Britain from 1937-1940. Kennedy enrolled into the navy during WW2, won a...

Alex Stepick III examines the underlying causes and consequences of the Haitian presence in Miami and finds: (1) A consistent U.S. federal policy designed to repress the flow of Haitian refugees to Miami that was impeded by its own illegality, by political support from Black Americans and national ...

The Cuban revolutionaries, led by Fidel Castro, took over the Cuban government on December 2, 1959 and put a strict communist regime into effect. In the midst of the cold war, this Soviet ally so close to American soil is a major cause of fear. The revolution was the outcome of the oppressive rule...

The Bay of Pigs Invasion happened in 1961. The invasion was a failed attempt to be rid of Fidel Castro, the Cuban dictator. The current reining president at the time it all started was President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Part way through though, President John F. Kennedy came to power. Some blame Ke...

Salsa MusicSince Columbus "discovered" America and the slave trade began, music has always been a very important part of the Cuban culture. Cuba's strategic position in the Caribbean, made it a real crossroad for all the trades between Central and North America and for most of the incoming slave sh...

Time is ephemeral and no one can stop it. Today, having "time to reflect, time to feel," is a privilege that people don't have and that is an unavoidable tendency of present day life. It is almost impos...

Angola is a country on the southwest coast of Africa. Its official name is the Republic of Angola. The Congo River and Congo (Kinshasa) separate it from the rest of the country. Most of Angola's people live in rural areas and work on farms. Angola produces a variety of crops, including bananas, coff...

Revolutionary HeroErnesto "Che" Guevara, martyr for the cause of socialism, will live forever in the hearts of Cubans as the second greatest hero the nation has ever known. Following his first meeting with Fidel Castro in 1955, Guevara became an integral part of the Cuban Revolution. The overthrow ...

Excitement was high for Cuba, when Fidel Castro overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in January 1959. With a heady mixture of nationalism and left - wing ideologies US became very cautious for its southern comrades Central and Southern America and perhaps herself. When Castro took over Cu...