Cuba is a very diverse place. Its people and its government make it seem like a bad place, but there is a lot more to it than that. ... The US put an embargo on Cuba so that we would not support the communist party of Cuba (1). ... The government continues to balance the need for economic change against a concern for firm political control. ... The government aimed for 3% growth in 2002, but growth was held back by hurricanes, depressed tourism, and faltering world economic conditions, including low world sugar prices and a shortage of other financial aid(2, p. 325). ...

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You can see that there was tension going on when Fidel Castro was in office because she mentioned now people feel comfortable when talking about the government. ... If the people spoke bad about the government they knew that there is consequences involved. In Cuba it was similar. ... At least with Raul Castro you can say things but obviously you as the citizen of Cuba need to respect the government. ... An exit visa is a Visa controlled by the government giving permission to leave the country for whatever reason. ...

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Many people, including farmers, businessmen, and high ups in Washington alike, believe that the lifting of the embargo would be beneficial for business and tourism, as well as the possibility to help steer Cuba as a whole away from the communist government they are currently ruled by, and to have them adopt some sort of democracy (Berrios 3). ... The Cuban Embargo was birthed by President John F. ... The sale of food and medical supplies to individuals rather than Cuba as a government is permitted, as well as humanitarian aid, special granted visiting rights for certain U.S. citizens (studen...

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This plan, supported by the US government got a lot of critisism from the russian states and even from western states. ... The Cuba Crisis (14.10.1962 - 28.10.1962) 14.10. ... The effects of the Cuba Crisis - The economic effects for Cuba were very big. ... -In the years 1963 - 1967 the USA first, then the SU, followed later on by France and Great Britain introduced a direct contact between the different governmental authorities. ... The State Cuba Cuba, an island state on the Great Antilles in Middleamerica, 110861km'', 10.7 million inhabitants, capital: Havanna. ...

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The next day a new government is formed. Manuel Urrutia heads the government as president and Jose Miro Cardona is the new prime minister. Five days later on January 7th the United States recognize the new Cuban Government although the CIA has already began a plan to over throw it. ... With a new government in charge they might seek help from other countries such as the USSR. ... The change of the Cuban Government has yet to play a major part in the cold war. ...

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It took place during the call of the "Missile Crisis" in Cuba in October 1962. The Cuban missile crisis was the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. ... In 1961 Fidel Castro proclaimed officially a social character of his government. ... After seven days of guarded and intense debate within the upper arrangements government, Kennedy concluded to lay a naval quarantine around Cuba. ... However, the Cuban government was frustrated because either the United States or the Russ did not include Fidel Castro in the agreement to remove the nuclear missiles from Cuba. ...

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To an average American, all that goes on in Cuba and the Castro government is what we hear from the news. ... Fidel Castro charmed all of Cuba. ... In 1965, Cuba put in place forced labor camps for homosexuals, and other citizens that were viewed as deviants to the government. ... The government officials would conduct witch-hunts for prominent art figures in Cuba that were homosexuals or counterrevolutionary. Anything that was diverse from the Castro government was put to an end. ...

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'( "President Obama Delivered a Statement on Cuba." ... .) ... .) ... – Cuban relations to be finally normalized, because it harms the people of Cuba. ... It happens simply because the Castro government doesn't have access to the construction materials needed. ...

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, that your dreams and ideals will never be any better than what supposedly the government wants for your future?. ... This type of government in your island takes aways your human rights, is it worth living for?. Kids in Cuba, take a better look at everything that surrounds you, and start thinking for yourselves. ... The government that runs your country can be qualified as an anarchy from their part. ... No matter what you say, the ebb of the government reffering to child abuse will never change. ...

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The Cuban agreement with the Czech government in June of 1960 resulted in additional deliveries of small arms and ammunition, light aircraft, military vehicles, and equipment for military factories. ... The CIA now had evidence that Cuban pilots were being trained in Czechoslovakia. ... With top US, Cuban, and Soviet officials present the US and allies could begin to ease the nuclear crisis and diplomatically disarm Cuba. ... By creating a naval blockade the US would not be allowing weapons into Cuba without imposing offensive military warfare against Cuba or the Soviets. ... The US cou...

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However, the Spanish government was not about to lose its prize possession in the Caribbean. ... The United Stated intervened in 1906 and again in 1933 after opposition from university students against President Machado and increased terrorism on the part of the government (Buckman 112). ... Food and clothing are provided and the government issues school uniforms. ... Although there is almost no unemployment rate in Cuba, people rarely get to choose what they want to do because the Cuban government controls all occupations. ... Even farmers' markets have to put higher prices on food so...

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The causes of the Cuban Revolution itself are thought to be because of the puppet government put in place by the U.S. headed by a corrupt General Fulgencio Batista. ... With this event the weakness in Cuba's political structure was revealed to the Fidel and he knew that someone must take political and physical action against the new government. ... With these circumstances, Cubans showed more hatred to their government and soon began to be rebellious. ... Castro was always plotting against Batista's government. ... Traditionally, in a nation as oppressed as Cuba had been, citizens te...

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There are document reports that exist of Cuban troops in cahoots with the Ethiopian government denying food to starving Ethiopians because of their political ideology. ... The government has continued restricting the ability of foreign media to operate in Cuba. ... All wages are also set by the government. ... Citizens cannot change jobs or residence without government permission. ... All international trade is negotiated and carried out, directly by the government. ...

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In Cuba, the educational system is controlled and financed by the government as it is with the Mexican system. ... A Cuban report in 1979 stated that over 90% of Cubans are literate. Mexico is a country made up of 31 states that coexists with one central government, much like the political system in the United States. The head of the government is the president who is elected by the people for a six-year term. ... Cuba is a communist country with one leader who oversees much of the economy in Cuba. ...

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Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution After Fulgencio Batista and Zaldivar seized control of the Cuban government in 1952, Fidel Castro became a leader of an underground anti-government fraction. ... He was a good orator, leading millions of Cuban youth to believe in the new government reform. ... Castro's communist regime government did introduce the much needed health call, and education during its first four decades. ... (Quirk 254-255) The government would not allow independent student government. ... (Academic American Encyclopedia 192) Fran...

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The international case I chose was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. ... Placing this kind of weapons in Cuba would detonate the United States government to a potential attack against the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro the president of Cuba approved the placing of weapons in Cuba due to the fact that he was measuring a way to secure and defend his country from potential U.S attacks. ... Kennedy demanded that the Soviets had to withdraw all of their offensive weapons and missiles from Cuba. ... States would have attacked Cuba and it would all have turned out into a big battlefield of nuclear weapon...

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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS Soviet Union was very much behind the United States in the arms race or the Cold War. ... After seven days of guarded and intense debate within the upper echelons of government, Kennedy concluded to impose a naval quarantine around Cuba. ... In the letter he demanded that the U.S. remove of its missiles in Turkey in exchange for Soviet missiles in Cuba. ... He also expressed his trust that the United States will not invade Cuba. The Cuban Missile Crisis was one of President Kennedy's greatest accomplishments. ...

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They have been unhappy with the government for a while now. ... He stood in front of tanks belonging to the government to show them that the people had taken enough of the government. ... The tank man did not want the tanks or the government in his city. ... The fourth country is Cuba. ... Cuba is not really a communist country either. ...

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The military officials wanted a full-scale search and destroy invasion of Cuba to remove the nuclear weapons from Cuba before the Soviet Union ordered a strike. ... The United States government should have resolved the issue before treats of invasion and nuclear warfare occurred. ... Khrushchev made a brash and bold gambit in shipping the missiles to Cuba. ... The United States decided not to bomb Cuba and to just enforce a naval blockade. ... The Cuban missile crisis was alarming time in American history. ...

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Some historians claim that Cold War ended after the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... The heads of government in both countries changed, and they had new view of the Crisis and its impact. ... On the other hand, the effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis were only temporary. ... Therefore, we cannot say that the Cold War ended after the Cuban Missile Crisis. ... Except for the heads of the government the rest of the politicians remained in their positions in both countries, therefore it is unlikely that the Crisis changed the things so much. ...

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On April 17, 1961, an armed force of about 1,500 Cuban exiles landed in the Bahí de Cochinos on the south coast of Cuba. The group of exiles were trained in Guatemala by members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and supplied with arms by the U.S. government, the rebels planned to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. ... -Cuban relations. ... Castro allowed the Soviet Union to bring missiles into Cuba for Cuba's protection. ... North Vietnam were forcing, Communism, a government structure that not everyone agreed with on to South Vietnam. ...

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He called himself a "Marxist-Leftist" and ruled over Cuba with an iron fist. ... Cubans were fleeing to the Miami coast as quickly as they could. ... But is it really as bad as our government makes it out to be? ... However, to the person growing up in a third world country, or an eastern civilization, Communism might be more attractive than their present form of government, if one exists at all. ... He sent the 1,500 invaders to Cuba; most of them were captured. ...

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Within hours the government had arrested their man, Lee Harvey Oswald, and there was no doubt he was guilty; he was convicted immediately in the court of public opinion. ... In the end nuclear war was avoided and it appeared Kennedy was the hero, but not everyone liked how things had gone in Cuba. During the Cuban Operation, Kennedy felt that the CIA had misinformed his administration of the happenings, given inadequate intelligence, bad planning and an overall failure to accomplish any solution with Cuba (Bay of Pigs press release). ... Nearly the entire staff of the Warren Commission, a...

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In April of 1961 Cuban exiles invaded the bay of pigs on the south coast of Cuba. ... Even though the exiles were crushed by Castro's forces a major crisis did not come up until about a year later with the Cuban missile crisis. In 1962 the Cuban government became convinced that the U.S. was planning an attack on Cuba, so Cuba asked military aid from the former Soviet Union. So the Russians responded by giving Cuba missiles and material to build launch sites. In October of 1966 the Untied States learned that Cuba could launch nuclear missiles on some American cities. ...

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Many Americans in the U.S. sympathized with Cuba, which began in 1895, and also, maybe more importantly, U.S. citizens owned $50 million worth of real estate and industry in Cuba. ... On January 12, there was a riot in Cuba against the Spanish. On January 25, the U.S. government, concerned about this problem in Cuba, sent the battleship USS Maine to Havana. ... On June 6, the U.S. military landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By July 3, the Spanish fleet in Cuba was destroyed. ...

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