Cuba Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Talk About Haiti

All human beings have a right to freedom and they have the capability of overcoming oppression and injustices such as Authoritarian leadership and slavery just to mention a few. The revolution in the Caribbean is a classic example of how united and focused humans with a common good, can achieve their goal. Ada Ferrer makes a valuable argument that the archives are biased since they are influenced by state powers, but facts have a way of exposing themselves in one way or another. This is evident in the various channels used to extrapolate information on the Haitian revolution such as letters, word of mouth, and ...

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Thesis Statement

The defeat of German Nazism led to the division of Germany into four administrative areas overseen by four WWII allies who already had strained relationships. This strained tension would inevitably lead to some unwanted outcome. The main problem became how to solve or at least contain the problem without another violent world war. The situation developed into the Cold War with Western Allies taking steps to counteract the aggression of the Soviet Union without starting another World War. My thesis is that the tension between countries that were Allies during WWII ironically led to the Cold War.

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The most influential factor, which has formed the Cuban culture, was Cuba’s racial diversity. All the course texts are about Cuban races and the question of gender and race equality in Cuba. Some texts, such as “Sugar’s Secret”, “Our Rightful Share” and “Marriage, Class and Color in Nineteenth Century Cuba” describe some specific spheres of Cuban culture and life. Nevertheless, they all highlight the importance of the multi-rational factor in the development of modern Cuban society. Texts “Nationalizing Cuba” and “Cuban Color in Tourism” give more information about Cuban culture even though they are all devoted to ...

Cuba has undergone a lot of social and economic transformation over time. Following the various transition periods through which Cuba has undergone is important in understanding its culture. The cultural landscape in Cuba is predicted by themes of race and gender and how the two interact. For instance, Bengelsdorf (234) finds that despite the Cultural Revolution that has occurred in over the last century, the family norms in the country are still predicted by racial and class traditions. This means that interaction in the society was polarized by class and racial differences as well as the formation of nuclear ...

Cultural life in Cuba is the most diverse and active in Latin America. Cuba has long been used for the expression of the culture of national identity. The country is extremely rich in talent. Cuban culture has Afro-Caribbean and Spanish roots: culture after the revolution in Cuba in the full sense of the word blossomed art.
Art both as a popular, high and classical plays an important role in the cultural life of Cuba. The Government recognized the need for training talents in their native soil, and the development of a diverse and lively cultural space. All kinds of ...

The events of the Cuban revolution remain incredibly significant for the left wing political movement not only in Cuba but all over the world. The ideology of the Cuban revolution put forward the slogan of people's power, unity, liberty and common distrust in political parties and traditional politicians of all types. The tendencies which originate from Cuba are very similar to the spirit of the current transformations in Latin America and anti-globalization movements around the world. There is still an indelible mark of the Revolution, especially on the international status of the Cuban state and its relations with the ...

Music and religion are a significant part of the Cuban culture. Through music, various artists and composers have articulated the important aspects of the Cuban culture. The assigned readings relate to the Cuban culture, as seen through the eyes of musicians, politicians, and religious beliefs, practices, and evolution. A retrospective inspection of the readings offers a vivid understanding of the Cuban culture, the factors that have influenced its evolution from the primordial elements created by the slaves and their slave masters to the present day culture that influences cultures of other countries and regions. A predominant theme in the ...

Cuba’s achievements in the health care system are impressive than those of Mexico and St. Lucia due to the size of its gross domestic product per capita. It demonstrates how much nations can do with the resources they have if they focus on the right priorities such as Health. The Cuban government has employed a national health system and takes health care responsibility for its people (Garfield 1007). This has initiated equal distribution of resources as government operates all health care institutions. This is not the case in Mexico and St Lucia where most of health care institutions ...

Lasting from 1946 until 1991, the Cold War was the longest of the 20th century s many wars and in many ways the most complicated. The last four links above document aspects of the initial phase the drawing of lines in the sand, so to speak and allow us to see something of the atmosphere of the immediate postwar years. In early 1946 George Kennan wrote a close analysis of Soviet aims and methods of achieving those aims and proposed a multi-phased strategy for the United States. 

The timeline in the first link above provides headings and a list of significant events. ...

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The five basic assumptions of positivism in law are realism, objectivity, scientific evidence, and ultimate proof is unattainable. The realism operates in order to impress investigators to face the reality without letting their emotions cloud their judgments. The objectivity wants them to focus on objectives without getting hurt from the presence of obstacles and problems in the way of solving the crime. The good investigator always follows the evidence because it does not lie, but people do in order to hide their wrongdoings. The final assumption argues that ultimate proof is not possible to be found, and ...

After the ending most widespread war in the history of mankind - the Second World War, the world entered into the New World Order. With the last shot of this war the European colonial period ended, and began new era –era of the two rival superpowers. Almost immediately after the ending of the war “Iron Curtain” has crossed the continent but not only the continent across the entire world. So let’s analyze to what consequences WWII led and how it impact on positions of all major players in the world. The first major consequence of the Second World ...

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The U.S position in respect to prestige, stature, reputation and respect has declined in a dramatic way especially in Latin America. To some extent, the weakening of this relationship can be associated with the economic competition that the United States has been facing from other fast developing and developed countries. The U.S military invasion of countries in Latin America leaves those countries more stable but weakens the relation U.S-Latin America relation. The economic gains that U.S has been obtaining in this region have reduced even with the policies that have established by the Whitehouse Occupants. The U.S needs to re-establish ...

The United States of America (America) underwent significantly positive changes during the 1960s. During that decade, America underwent a series of emancipation programs that led it to become the nation that it is right now. America emerged from the conservative 1950s and started to open up towards liberal ideas in the 1960s. The sociopolitical scene during the 1960s underwent radical changes in terms of policies and ideologies (Bradley, Goodwin).
The 1960s spanned a period of remarkable innovations in human rights. Developments such as the 1963 Presidential Commission on the Status of Women helped expose the true state of women in ...

Desacato crimes are highly recognized in many countries. It consists of the criminal punishments of insults to public officials in the performance of their duties. These laws literally mean that anyone who criticizes any public office is liable to some punishment. Looking at these laws and article thirteen of the American Convention on Human Rights, clearly there is a contradiction (Florini, 2007). Everyone has the right to Freedom of thought and expression and moreover liability ought to be based on defined pre existing laws. Lack of clarity on such laws suppress public opinions and deter people from actively participating in ...

Anastasio Garcia Samoza clinched the Nicaragua presidency in the year 1936. This happened after winning the hotly contested elections under the Liberal Party which was conducted after the resignation of president Sacasa earlier in the same year (Diederich, B., 2004). Hence, he established a Somoza dynasty that consecutively ruled for 43 years.
Meaning, when Anastasio was assassinated in 1956, he was succeeded by his son, Luis who passed the throne to his brother, Anastasio upon his death in 1967.

The regime

The Samoza dynasty was characterized by a lot of weaknesses and evils done during their entire period in power. This was ...