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Kent College History's curator insight,
February 17, 2017 1:15 PM
'In the days since his death, and in parallel with obituaries detailing his record of violence and repression at home, Castro has been widely celebrated for his role in southern Africa in particular, a region where he supported Angolan revolutionaries pitted against the U.S.-backed apartheid regime of South Africa. And yet Cuba’s role on the continent also illuminates some of the contradictions of advancing an anti-imperial agenda, premised on social and racial justice, in part through the execution of proxy wars abroad.'
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The Cuban Missile Crisis. Part of the excellent BBC Learning Zone series that supports the Modern World GCSE syllabus. Via Clairelouise, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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The part played by women in the Cuban Revolution. The role and position of women in Cuba has changed drastically for the better as a direct result of their participation in the Revolution in 1959. Via Kent College History
Kent College History's curator insight,
October 14, 2014 4:44 PM
A short piece on the role of women in the Cuban Revolution.
Kent College History's curator insight,
November 5, 2016 7:38 PM
A short piece on the role of women in the Cuban Revolution.
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Everything you think you know about those 13 days is wrong. Via Kent College History, Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
Kent College History's curator insight,
October 23, 2016 2:41 AM
The rendition of events that the Kennedy administration fed to a credulous press; the history that the participants in Washington promulgated in their memoirs, and the story that has insinuated itself into the national memory were misleading or erroneous.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. Via Kent College History
Kent College History's curator insight,
June 28, 2016 2:49 PM
'Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959.'
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You see it as soon as your plane touches down in Havana -- in the decades of texture worn into a pastel wall, in a brightly colored car parked on a quiet city street, in an elderly woman with flowers in her hair smiling at you in Old Havana -- Cuba is a photographer's dream.
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"President Obama announced on December 17 that the United States will resume diplomatic relations with Cuba after more than 50 years of antagonism. Bloomberg's Sam Grobart recaps the standoff between the two nations, and explains why the icy relationship has begun to thaw."
Felix Ramos Jr.'s curator insight,
February 10, 2015 12:13 PM
The causes of the issues between the two countries, most surely, can be traced to both sides. Millions of people have been affected by the hostile relationship. A relationship that has been at a standstill for decades. I have always looked at this dynamic as defying logic and common sense. Without taking sides, one could look at the last half a century from afar, and conclude that it was ultimately a big waste of time and something that probably could have either been avoided altogether or ended a long time ago if it weren't for stubbornness on both sides. Finally, we are starting to see the construction of the "light at the end of the tunnel", per say. 
Kristin Mandsager San Bento's curator insight,
March 1, 2015 10:10 PM
I'm amazed that we have had no relations with Cuba for so long. All it took was one man-Castro-to keep the separation going for so long. It is time to let go. Besides, if you were really worried about another country wouldn't you want to have some sort of diplomatic relationship so you could keep a close eye? 
Mark Hathaway's curator insight,
September 24, 2015 5:54 AM
The Presidents decision to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba set off some controversy in the United States. Some Republicans, such as Florida senator Marco Rubio were quite critical of the Presidents new policy. Overall I was surprised at how little controversy erupted from the move. The Cuban community in the United States was divided on the issue. Older Cubans, many of whom fled Cuba after the Castro revolution in 1959 opposed the move. Younger Cubans generally feel that it is time to try a new approach toward the communist nation. Our policy of isolating Cuba has not led to the desired regime change that many had hoped for. If anything it has hurt the innocent citizens of Cuba more than the Castro brothers. They are the ones who have suffered the effects of economic embargos. History will judge the Presidents move to normalize relations. For the sake of the Cuban people, lets hope that this new policy will finally result in a free democratic Cuba. |
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The United States planned for the military occupation of Cuba in 1962 with a temporary American military governor in charge, according to newly declassified documents.
Kent College History's curator insight,
April 13, 2018 8:20 PM
'55 years-ago today, at 11:50 a.m., October 16, 1962, the National Security Council's Executive Committee (ExCom) began deliberating over responses to the Soviet missile deployments.'
Kent College History's curator insight,
April 13, 2018 8:21 PM
'55 years-ago today, at 11:50 a.m., October 16, 1962, the National Security Council's Executive Committee (ExCom) began deliberating over responses to the Soviet missile deployments.'
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Will History Absolve Fidel Castro? « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas Via Kent College History
Kent College History's curator insight,
February 5, 2017 1:23 PM
'Raúl Castro has described Cuba’s task as adapting Cuban socialism to contemporary reality, while preserving the core values of national sovereignty, dignity, and social justice that led Fidel Castro to take up arms half a century ago. Perhaps Fidel’s greatest achievement was upholding those values long enough to pass them on, albeit a little threadbare, to a successor generation of Cubans. To them falls the task of forging an efficient, productive economy, a more open, democratic polity, and a normal relationship with the United States. Will Fidel’s legacy prove to be a foundation on which they can build, or an obstacle to progress? The answer will determine whether history will absolve him. At the moment, it’s too early to tell.'
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Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war. Via Kent College History
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November 26, 2016 3:37 AM
New York Times obituary of Fidel Castro, whose death was announced today.
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Kent College History's curator insight,
October 25, 2016 6:16 PM
After the Bay of Pigs disaster President Kennedy created a committee charged with overthrowing Castro's government. At a meeting of this committee at the White House on 4th November 1961, it was decided to call this covert action program for sabotage and subversion against Cuba, Operation Mongoose.
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While Americans saw only decadent gangsters, Cuban revolutionaries diagnosed deeper social ills. Via Kent College History
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June 28, 2016 2:58 PM
'While Americans saw only decadent gangsters, Cuban revolutionaries diagnosed deeper social ills by Samuel Farber'
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An aging population, a scarcity of jobs and a liberal abortion policy add to a demographic crisis in Cuba, where many say they cannot afford to have a child. Via Mr. David Burton
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Just outside Havana, in the childhood bedroom of illustrator Edel Rodriguez, a washing machine engine welded to a boat propeller has become a makeshift fan. This kind of cobbled-together contraption is common in Cuba.
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'To many, he was a heroic champion of the disenfranchised; to others, a cruel tyrant. Following Fidel Castro’s death in November 2016, five historians offered their verdicts on the Cuban leader’s life and legacy.'
'To many, he was a heroic champion of the disenfranchised; to others, a cruel tyrant. Following Fidel Castro’s death in November 2016, five historians offered their verdicts on the Cuban leader’s life and legacy.'