The French Revolution has often been credited with fanning the revolutionary flames that swept through Latin America at the turn of the nineteenth century. It thus seems logical that the struggle against Spain was conditioned by the ideas and events that caused the upheaval in France, and that the great liberators of the continent, men […]
During the 1950s and early 1960s – under the United States supported Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista – dissatisfaction with the Cuban government grew and the emergence of rebel movements there were underway. On July 26, 1953 – in the 26th of July Movement – Fidel Castro and other rebels attacked military barracks in Santiago and […]
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Get startedHello, my name is Tyler Tietjen. For my ninth-grade oral history project I chose to interview my grandmother, Liliane Anita Tietjen. I decided to make Mrs. Tietjen the subject of this interview because of her experiences living in Cuba in the 1950’s and her first-hand knowledge of the rising of Cuba’s well-known dictator, Fidel Castro. […]
George Orwell’s book 1984 displayed an example of a real-life dystopia. Totalitarianism is shown in this communist-based society so ghastly that it coined its own term Orwellian in the dictionary. However, a country living in full surveillance with extremely nationalistic views in cookie-cutter world is not entirely fictional. Historical dictatorships are similar to Orwell’s telling […]
Over the years in the history of America, there have been various persons who have tried to attain success at the expense of other people only to be hit hard by resounding failures. One such failure that stands out is that of President John F. Kennedy with his planned Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961. […]
Kennedys term was full of game changing political actions. Among the most defying of his presidency, the biggest event was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Many people at the time wondered, how would Kennedy handle the Cuban Missile Crisis? Kennedy wasnt the first president to have been dealing with the Cuban premier Fidel Castro at this […]
Introduction: Since the commencement of Castror’s regime, Castro has used propaganda and censorship techniques to conceal his country from outside views. Propaganda in Cuba has been instilled in its citizens’ culture as well as entered the Latin American communities. Censorship in Cuba ranges from the facade of free education and health care to the restricted […]
Imagine if the Constitution of the United States was erased from existence. If it were, we would be at risk of government officials breaking laws that protect our freedoms and human rights. Instead of democracy, elected leaders, and checks and balances, there would be dictators, anarchy, revolt and genocide. Genocide is a term used to […]
This Spanish expatriate was a great influencing painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer of the 20th century. He and Georges Braque worked together. The two of them were the co-creators of Cubism-a way of art. The deep influencer was born on October twenty-fifth of the year 1881 and died April eighth of 1973- living […]
In October of 1962, for approximately thirteen days the world looked into the eyes of possibilities that nuclear war would be their reality. The Cuban Missile crisis is claimed to be “one of the most studied international confrontations of the twentieth century.” A ripple effect of fear and threats to world peace traveled around the […]
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a two-week standoff from October 16, 1962 – October 28, 1962. This was fought between two superpowers that left the world anticipating a third world war. There were many events that lead to the crisis. To begin with, it is important to know the leaders of the opposing nations. The […]
