Questions:
1) What was it about Castro and his regime that made it last so long when previously Cuba had a history of leader being continuously overthrown?
2) How much of Cuba's refugee crisis was actually caused by the US sanctions and not Castro's regime?
3) How much of the tensions between these two countries are actually warranted and instead are just further instigated/created by the tensions themselves?
4) The history between these two countries starts with the US claiming to be there to assist Cuba but the line seems to be confused between assistance and hindrance. Where and how does that line become blurred?
5) How much of the propaganda fueled demonization of these two countries, specifically US opinions of Castro, is based on truth or conspiracy?
6) If elections are held what promise is there that the US will stay out of it? And what happens if someone is elected that the US doesn’t, for some reason, approve of the new elected president? How will that affect the talks of relations?
Important Points:
1) The Platt Amendment in 1902 states that the island of Cuba is under US protection and that the US has the right to intervene in their affairs. Then in 1909 the US supervised elections in Cuba which led to the election Jose Miguel Gomez, who had led a rebellion in 1906 to 1909.
2) In 1934 the US abandons its right to intervene in Cuba's internal affairs but still supports Fulgencio Batista who is then overthrown in 1959 by Fidel Castro which leads to US ending diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1960. In 61' Castro declares Cuba communist state.
3) There were 5 plans to kill Castro by the CIA between 1961 and 1963.
4) The botched Bay of Pigs Invasion become a catalyst for the Cuban Missile Crisis as Castro fears US invasion.
5) The US has sanctioned Cuba longer than any other country in it's history.
6) Tensions have begun to loosen with the rule of Raul Castro and the uplifting of restrictions and sanctions by the Obama administration, but Trump has promised to roll back on some of these loosenings.
7) Many US officials are requesting that Cuba have free democratic elections before they will completely lift the embargo. Raul Castro has said he will leave office in 2018 and elections are scheduled to happen in late November 2017.
1) What was it about Castro and his regime that made it last so long when previously Cuba had a history of leader being continuously overthrown?
2) How much of Cuba's refugee crisis was actually caused by the US sanctions and not Castro's regime?
3) How much of the tensions between these two countries are actually warranted and instead are just further instigated/created by the tensions themselves?
4) The history between these two countries starts with the US claiming to be there to assist Cuba but the line seems to be confused between assistance and hindrance. Where and how does that line become blurred?
5) How much of the propaganda fueled demonization of these two countries, specifically US opinions of Castro, is based on truth or conspiracy?
6) If elections are held what promise is there that the US will stay out of it? And what happens if someone is elected that the US doesn’t, for some reason, approve of the new elected president? How will that affect the talks of relations?
Important Points:
1) The Platt Amendment in 1902 states that the island of Cuba is under US protection and that the US has the right to intervene in their affairs. Then in 1909 the US supervised elections in Cuba which led to the election Jose Miguel Gomez, who had led a rebellion in 1906 to 1909.
2) In 1934 the US abandons its right to intervene in Cuba's internal affairs but still supports Fulgencio Batista who is then overthrown in 1959 by Fidel Castro which leads to US ending diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1960. In 61' Castro declares Cuba communist state.
3) There were 5 plans to kill Castro by the CIA between 1961 and 1963.
4) The botched Bay of Pigs Invasion become a catalyst for the Cuban Missile Crisis as Castro fears US invasion.
5) The US has sanctioned Cuba longer than any other country in it's history.
6) Tensions have begun to loosen with the rule of Raul Castro and the uplifting of restrictions and sanctions by the Obama administration, but Trump has promised to roll back on some of these loosenings.
7) Many US officials are requesting that Cuba have free democratic elections before they will completely lift the embargo. Raul Castro has said he will leave office in 2018 and elections are scheduled to happen in late November 2017.
Works Cited
1) “Timeline: US-Cuba relations.” BBC News, BBC, 11 Oct. 2012, www.bbc.com/news/world-latin- america-12159943. Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.
2) “U.S.-Cuba Relations.” Council on Foreign Relations, Council on Foreign Relations, www.cfr.org/backgrounder/us-cuba-relations. Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.
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