РефератыИностранный языкThThe Cuban Revolution Essay Research Paper The

The Cuban Revolution Essay Research Paper The

The Cuban Revolution Essay, Research Paper


The Cuban Revolution


Mr. Barron


Jason Rosenzweig


January 9, 1997


After the Cuban Revolution many change occurred in Cuba. Cuba was once a


corrupt dictatorship, now and for the past 36 years Castro has led a communist


government.


Before Castro took over Batista, Batista ran a biossed economy for the


rich. Officials took pay offs, keeping the majority of the peoples thoughts


invisible. Protestors of Batista were murdered, and their body’s were thrown in


gutters. During these times the life for the rich was plentiful, they had more


Cadillacs than any other city in the world, and the highest number of T.V. sets


per capita out of all the Latin American countries . Many gambling casinos were


also present. While life for the poor was plagued with unemployment, inadequate


health care, and a high illiteracy rate.


Castro’s take over of the government, changed many ways of life in Cuba,


most of which benefited the poor or the majority of the people. Education was


improved for the poor, there are many times more schools and staff members to


educate the young. Health care was improved, infant mortality rate has dropped


from 60 to 11.1 which is comparable to industrialized nations.


Even with all the good changes their are hardships do go with them.


Castro took over business’s, some of which were

owned by foreign investors,


collecting some of the revenue to help Cuba’s economy. Some of Batistas


followers and the wealthy fled to the U.S. to escape the taking of their wealth


or being jailed. On April 17, 1961 the CIA arranged a invasion with 2000 exiles


to invade Cuba to spark a uprising against Castro, this was known as the Bay Of


Pigs. The invasion failed, this opened a window of opportunity for the Soviet


Union to change the global power balance towards the Soviet. In 1962 a event


known as The Cuban Missile Crisis was born, the Soviet Union plant Nuclear War


Heads in Cuba to prevent the U.S. from any farther attempts to invade Cuba. The


U.S. in return setup a quarantine to stop trade with Cuba. After six days of


public statements and secret diplomacy Khrushchev ordered the missile sites


dismantled in return for a U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba


All in all Cuba is a very difficult place to live, even with the


education and health care improved. The economy is paralyzed by the embargo put


on them, with the Soviet collapse they lost almost all there imports/exports.


Food is very scarce, sometimes people have to wait days in a food line, and when


it’s there turn theirs nothing left.


The U.S. should stop the embargo on Cuba, for Communism is no longer a


threat, the embargo puts too much suffrage on the people of Cuba, just for their


beliefs on the government.

Сохранить в соц. сетях:
Обсуждение:
comments powered by Disqus

Название реферата: The Cuban Revolution Essay Research Paper The

Слов:515
Символов:3311
Размер:6.47 Кб.