Taking a Look at Cuban Culture and History

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Cuba. The well-known island all over the world and located ninety miles south of Florida is the largest island of the West Indies. The island is popular for its natural beauty and cultural heritages. After the Cuban revolution that took place in 1950s, Batista regime was overthrown and new government was formed which was led by Fidel Castro. Since then Cuba was ruled by Fidel Castro until recently. In 2008, because of Fidel Castro’s illness, his brother Raul Castro replaced him. Many Cubans supported the Cuban revolution in the hope of seeing changes in Cuba; however after Castro seized the power in 1959, many left Cuba to find the better life and live free from the communist government in Cuba.
OUT OF CUBA memoir of a Journey is story written by Regina Anavy and in the book she shares her experiences while she visited Cuba for several times as a tourists. First she visits Cuba illegally to cut sugarcane in 1971 in support of Fidel Castro’s ten million Ton sugar harvest. However, while returning to the United States she soon realizes and appreciates the freedoms that people have in the United States. After thirty years, she goes back to Cuba again, but this time as a tourist. There she meets the guide named Teseo. She becomes closer to Teseo and starts appreciating his bravery. When she finds out that Teseo was desperate to leave the island and move to another country for the bright future of his family, Anavy promise to help him. Most of the chapters in the book are written based on the conversations between her and Teseo that took place while she visited Cuba.
What I Learned About Cuba By Going To Cuba is a book about what the author learned about Cuba by going back to his homeland Cuba after thirty-five years and this book al...

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...navy in her book writes that in the televisions there were the commercials for the Revolution instead of commercials for the products. There were billboards with the slogan “We shall win, Socialism or death”. People in the streets were begging for the soap because Cubans were getting only one bar of laundry soap every two-month (Anavy 44).
In The Possibility Of Negotiations and Dialogue chapter, Zamora states about the most successful talks between the United Stated and Cuba. The first was that the President John F. Kennedy accepted responsibility for the Bay of Pigs Invasion and negotiation finally led to the release of the Bay of Pigs Invaders (Zamora 96).
Both Anavy and Zamora book presents the detailed information about Cuba. However, Anavy’s book is more interesting to read because she brings out the situation of Cuba by presenting the story of Cuban person.

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