Monday/Wednesday 2-3:15 Primary Focus Film Evaluation Radio Years ago I watched a movie for the first time that honestly changed the way I think. The movie Radio is based on the true story of James “Radio” Kennedy and T.L. Hanna High School football coach Harold Jones. It tells the story of a young mentally challenged man who is taken under the wing of a high school football coach after being bullied by the football team for his disabilities. Radio was released in October of 2003. The cinema was written
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↦How successful were the USA’s attempts to contain Communism in Cuba‚ 1959-1961? Until 1959 Cuba was an American ally‚ ruled by Fulgencio Batista. Although he was a dictator‚ he was heavily backed up by Americans which was important as most of the businesses were owned by Americans. However‚ in January of 1959‚ Batista was overthrown by Castro‚ the leader of guerrilla‚ in a revolution. He was strongly socialist‚ and started reforms on Cuba by distributing land between peasants‚ called the Agrarian reform
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the making of the modern world. London: Vintage. Ball‚ S.J. (1997) The Cold War: An International History‚ 1947-1991. London: A Hodder Arnold Publication. Mason‚ J.W. (1996) The Cold War: 1945-1991. New York: Routledge. Brenner‚ P. (1990‚ October) Cuba and the Missile Crisis. Journal of Latin American Studies‚ 22‚ 125-152.
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FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CUBA: THE LIMITS OF COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENT María C. Werlau Since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc‚ the Cuban government embarked on economic liberalization based on the adoption of capitalist mechanisms which include an opening to foreign investment. This has led to increasing claims abroad that engagement— particularly commercial engagement within the context of constructive engagement1 —is the policy instrument that will lead to economic and political reform and the
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Cuba and the Affects of the Embargo The island nation of Cuba‚ located just ninety miles off the coast of Florida‚ is home to 11 million people and has one of the few remaining communist regimes in the world. Cuba ’s leader‚ Fidel Castro‚ came to power in 1959 and immediately instituted a communist program of sweeping economic and social changes. Castro allied his government with the Soviet Union and seized and nationalized billions of dollars of American property. U.S. relations with Cuba have
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Pre-revolutionary Cuba was no paradise for gays and lesbians. There were gay bars where homosexual men could meet‚ but to be a maricone (faggot) was to be a social outcast. Laws made it illegal to be gay and police targeted homosexuals for harassment. Many gay men were drawn into prostitution for largely US-based clients. In this repressive atmosphere‚ homosexuality was linked to prostitution‚ gambling and crime. The 1959 Cuban Revolution improved living conditions for the vast majority of
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Geography of Cuba Cuba is located in the Caribbean‚ and is the largest island there. Technically‚ the country does not border any other countries. The United States leases Guantanamo Bay‚ a military prison‚ in an eastern section of the country (Geography). Other than this‚ Cuba is completely surrounded by water. Cuba has an area of 42‚803 sq. miles. It is about 760 miles long‚ and about 55 miles wide. Its closest neighbor is Haiti‚ about 50 miles east‚ and lies 100 miles south of Florida (Cuba: Location)
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Centuries prior to the ruling of the Castro government‚ in the 16th century precisely‚ 90 percent of Cuba was covered with forests. Agriculture Ministry officials in Cuba revealed that the Castro government‚ in the last for decades‚ had sown 1.24 million acres of trees‚ of which were mainly derived from the mountainous zones of the Sierra Maestra‚ Escambray‚ and Sierra de los Organos. This reduced Cuba’s forest cover to 53 percent and by 1960 it was down by 13.5 percent. Ultimately‚ mining‚
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Cuba has recently discovered oil reserves in offshore fields of Cuba’s share of the Gulf of Mexico that can approximately be rounded to contain 200 million barrels of natural recoverable oil. At the same time Cuba rejoices from this discovery coincedently the U.S is promoting to normalize relations with Cuba’s government. This significant discovery can lead for Cuba to stop their dependance on foreign oil and compete at hand with the US’s oil reserves and become part of the top 20 countries to produce
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Ending the Embargo on Cuba Since 1962 the United States has implemented an embargo on Cuba‚ justifying it in the context of protecting the United States from the dangers of communism. This 50 year embargo has several original goals. The United States wanted Cuba to open up its economy and establish a democracy; weaken Cuba’s communist government; and force Fidel Castro out of power (Scott). These original goals were employed to essentially help Cuba from itself and to make a stance against communism
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