Cuba-US Relations -Amelia Kennedy

FACTS:

-Cuba gained independence in 1868

-Trade relations between US and Cuba were reestablished in 2015 which were initially severed during the Cold War.

-The Cuba-US relations have been ruptured since 1959 when Fidel Catsro overthrew a US backed regime and thus creating a socialist state in alliance with the soviet union.

-In early 2016 Obama visited Havana becoming the first sitting president to visit since 1928.

-Donald trump is undoing the progress made in terms of US-Cuban relations made initially by Barack Obama and Raul Castro. Trump states to be "canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba."

QUESTIONS:

-What are the artistic relations between the US and Cuba like?

-Have those artistic relations significantly ruptured since Trump's administration?

-How has the general state of Cuba altered after Trump's election?

-How have Cuban artists responded to Trump's election? I would like to see some examples.

-How do we create inclusive art that involves both Cuba and the US?


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