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Gustav Firmat's Ano que viene estamos en Cuba, by Gustav Firmat Along With a Rough Translation in Spanish

In five pages the Cuban Firmat's description of his life in America in terms of his perspective on old and new homelands, culture,...

The Cuban Swimmer by Milcha Sanchez Scott

In five pages this paper critically analyzes Milcha Sanchez Scott's one act play The Cuban Swimmer. Three sources are cited in th...

The Revolutions in Egypt and Cuba

political parties except something called the "Muslim Brothers"; it also created a single organization, the "Liberation Rally," to...

Jackson, Statecraft and the Cuban Missile Crisis

Jackson states his aim quite clearly: he wants to "outline the normative criteria involved in the ethics of statecraft."3 He argue...

The Cold War: Causes and Ongoing Tensions

that agreement. The Conference at Yalta was the last meeting the United States, Great Britain and Russia would have under...

The Cold War: Causes, Treaties, and Ongoing Tensions

be desired from the Russian perspective. At the Teheran Conference Stalin was indifferent to the division of Germany into separa...

Fidel Castro's Regime and Cuban Immigrants Entering the U.S.

relations between the two nations deteriorated rapidly. At the time Castro assumed power, it is believed that there were approxim...

In Cuba I was a German Shepherd by Ana Menendez and its Humorous Portrayals of Cuban Politics

"meant nothing" in the United States (Menendez 6). After an unsuccessful career as a cab driver, Maximo and Rosa decided to open ...

Demographic Information on Hispanics in the U.S.

candidates who propose social reform (Vawter, 2009). Language: All four groups speak Spanish; the variation comes what language t...

Ronald Donaldon's Film Thirteen Days and Conflict Theory

escalate into World War III; if he did nothing or offered a weak response, the balance of power would clearly shift in the directi...

Various Cultures and Views on Spirituality and Death

that deny death and try to defy it. In the United States for example a great deal of money is spent on prolonging life. Every minu...

Cuba's Illusory Freedom of Artistic Expression

It is aligned with the rights of people in most democratic societies. In Cuba, there is debate as to whether or not artists are fr...

Artist Ana Mendieta

since by making the marks she is "preserving a finite ritualistic event and presenting it as a timeless work of art" (Wright, 2004...

Cuban Missile Crisis and One Hell of a Gamble

historians have had access to many of the documents in the Soviet archives, and they give us the other side of the story. In addi...

U.S. Politics and the Cuban Missile Crisis

American military presence in the region. As a result, the crisis itself may have been less of a crisis at the onset, and it was ...

Hispanic Cultures in the United States

different and tied to their country of origin. II. Mexican Americans Mexican Americans, as well as Puerto Rican and Cuban Amer...

Positive Thinking: Increases Happiness

is honest with oneself and aware of the control one has over ones outlook, overcoming sadness-inducing obstacles becomes easier an...

Book Report on Thomas Sanchez’s Mile Zero

to retreat from society or for individuals who want to go into hiding from government or law enforcement authorities. Ironically,...

Latino Groups in the United States

disappearing, worsening their economic situation (Verdugo, 2006). However, their large numbers and increasing activism give them a...

Dreaming in Cuban/Cristina Garcia

notions about Cuba, her grandmother and Cuban life. Lourdes has to cope with Pilars attitude, such as when she mocks her adopted c...

Health Education Professional Organizations and their Websites

This research paper offers an overview of the websites for the following health education professional organizations: the Society ...

American Liberty, 1820-1877, Overview of Issues

This research paper/essay discusses various issues in American history pertaining to liberty. This includes the factors that led u...

Article Analysis: American Indian Societies

good for them. One of the best approaches to this subject is in Vine Deloria and Clifford Lytles excerpt, The nations within, whi...

Barbara Novak/American 19th Century Art

"Death on the Pale Horse (1802), oil sketch on canvas, Allstons analysis relates something of his own romantic vision. He writes t...

Racism in Contemporary America

investigations that "successfully demonstrate the unfairness that only Affirmative Action can begin to redress" (Bradley 450). Spe...

Literature of the New American Republic

commentators argued throughout the 1820s and 30s that there should be works of literature to match "emerging political greatness o...

The Evolution of Laws Protecting Archaeological Resources and Native American Graves

the varied cultures of the Native American that has developed over time symbolizes "oppression and the pervasiveness of racist pra...

Native Americans and Government Policies

they were always taken advantage of in one regard or another. The native inhabitants of this country at the time of...

Edmund S. Morgan/American Slavery, American Freedom

to describe the experiences of the early colonizing efforts. This description includes social, political and economic factors, whi...

Blacks' Relationship to Whites/Sociological Analysis

this was the stance of antebellum Southerners who saw slavery as a functional and crucial part of their economic system. Propon...