University of Havana Essays

  • Dance Concert Essay

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    like an audience. It was performed at John Anthony Theatre – Spring Creek Campus of Collin College. The concert consists of many styles of dancing from different College and University such as Collin College, West Texas A&M University, and Illinois State University. Three performances that I like best were Intus, 9.28.11 and Havana Dream. Intus was a production of choreographer Sara Mott with the music theme called Tied Knots by The Album Leaf. Intus is a Latin word meaning “inside, within, from within”

  • Fidel Castro Biography

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    godparents treated him badly. Upon his graduation at age sixteen, he went to Colegio Belen, a prep school in Havana. In the fall of 1945, he entered the University of Havana. He began the study of law and became active in student affairs. This involvement in student politics helped lead him into Cuban politics. 2 Castro will discuss little about his university career. According to university reports, he seems to have done well in his stu... ... middle of paper ... ...ntion to bring about a social

  • Fidel Castro Essay

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    boarding schools in Santiago de Cuba and then moved on to Belen High School in Havana, Cuba. In 1945, he attended the University of Havana where he entered the School of Law with a primary focus in politics. During his years in law, Castro became very active in politics, including participating in the attempt to overthrow the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1947. He narrowly escaped capture and returned to Havana to complete his degree in 1950. That year, he entered a small law firm,

  • Cuba Essay

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    officially named, is a little country located in the Caribbean. Cuba is the greatest island in the Caribbean and it has over 11 million native habitants, making it be the second most populated after Hispaniola. Even though the capital of Cuba is Havana, its biggest city, the main island of it is Isla de la Juventud. Cuba also has a few of archipelagos and the second greatest city is Santiago de Cuba. The island is as close to The United States as 93 miles away and from Mexico as 130 miles away

  • Cuba Personal Statement

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    crumble due to old age? Will there be another Revolution, restoring democracy to the island? What will a Cuban democracy look like after decades of dictatorship? After reviewing my study abroad options, I believe that the Sarah Lawrence College in Havana program's practical and theoretical emphases on humanities and social sciences will relate to and build upon my overall academic plan at Brandeis. Therefore, I will build upon my current studies as I take part in this program's curriculum that is

  • Cuba's Achievements in Health Care and Public Education

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    under Castro, Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J Marshall P, 1st ed, 1987,Cuba libre : breaking the chains? Gollancz, London. Azicri M, 1st ed, 2000, Cuba today and tomorrow : reinventing socialism, University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Feinsilver J, 1st ed, 1993, Healing the masses : Cuban health politics at home and abroad, Berkeley : University of California Press, London Perez L, 2nd ed, 1995, Cuba : between reform and revolution, Oxford University Press, New York Skidmore

  • The Power of 'Soft Power' in Cuban Foreign Policy

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    Politics: The Cuban Medical Professional Parole Program.” International Journal of Cuban Studies. 4(3). Escuela Latino-Americana de Medicina Lecture. May 16, 2014. ELAM, Havana. Feinsilver, Julie. 2003. “Cuban Medical Diplomacy”. P.p. 590-594 in The Cuba Reader. Edited by A. Chomsky, B. Carr, P. M. Smorkaloloff. Duke University Press. Huish, Robert and Sarah A. Blue. 2013. “Understanding the Place of Cuban Internationalism.” International Journal of Cuban Studies. 5(1): 6. Jack, Andrew. 2010.

  • Fidel Castro, A Cuban Tyrant

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    of his younger years on his father's farm with his brothers and sisters. Then, he attended Belen, a famous Jesuit boarding school, and excelled in sports, history, geography, and debate (Press 11-13). In 1945, Castro began law school at the University of Havana and became very involved in politics. Later, In July 1953, Castro led about 120 men in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The assault failed and Batista’s troops succeeded. During the course of the battle, Castro was

  • Fidel Castro Baseball Club

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    words Communist and Dictator most likely come to mind. Probably the last thing to think about is semi-pro level player of America’s favorite pastime. Fidel Castro had a surprisingly extensive background in baseball. He played baseball for the University of Havana and tried out to play on the New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Baseball wasn’t only big in Fidel Castro’s life, however, as baseball represents something much larger for Cubans; revolution. The Spanish rule over the Cubans seemed

  • Thomas G. Patterson's Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban

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    information on Cuba, the fact that the author does present an opinion disqualifies it for use as a textbook. Bibliography: Paterson, Thomas G. Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. Pp. 352.

  • Cuban Literature After the Revolution

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    Eire, Carlos. Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2003. Print. Engle, Margarita. “The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom.” New York: Square Fish, Inc., 2008. Print. --- “Lieutenant Death.” 14. --- “Silvia.” 158. "Margarita Engle." Authors and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 83. Detroit: Gale, 2010. Biography in Context. Web. 29 May 2014. Perez, Henry. “Book Review: Waiting for Snow in Havana Confessions of a Cuban boy” Biography

  • Motivation for Cuban Parents to Send Their Children to the USA in Operation Pedro Pan

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    published in the years following Operation Pedro Pan are used to learn of the controversy surrounding the event and to gain an understanding of the situation in Cuba during Fidel Castro’s regime. Section B. Summary of Evidence Fidel Castro entered Havana, Cuba and took his place as Prime Minister in January of 1959, just after the fall of the Batista regime. Within days, many of the Cuban upper class began exiting the island, wary of losing their socioeconomic status and possibly their lives (Leonard

  • Fulgencio Bataldivar: Revolt Of The Sergeants

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    Ambassador Benjamin Sumner Welles to fix the problems in Cuba that originated during Machado’s administration and ‘seek a legal solution to avoid a revolution in Cuba’. (Cuba: A Short History, Leslie Bethell, page 53) After spending a few days in Havana, Welles proposed that Carlos Miguel de Cespedes be appointed president. Representatives of the army and the political opposition agreed to Welles’ proposal and Machado resigned. Cuba now had a new president. Batista had a huge influence over decisions

  • Ernest Hemingway: A Life that Led to Naturalism

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    Writers of literature such as Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) often exemplify philosophical ideas through their works. Hemingway was a critically acclaimed American author who wrote short stories and multiple renowned novels. His self described “ice-berg” method of writing allowed his literature to appear straightforward on the surface, while still providing an extensive depth of connotative meaning underneath his seemingly simple style (Oliver 322). A few of Hemingway’s most popular works center around

  • Fidel Castro Family

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    Client name. Fidel Castro Family. His father Angel was a wealthy Immigrant from Spain, who had an affair with one of his servant Lina Ruz Gonzalez while he was married, whom also later married. Castro is believed to have fathered at least nine children. With his first wife Martina, he had a son Fidelito who reportedly committed suicide in February 2018 after a battle with depression. His second wife, Dalia Soto del Valle, had five more sons. He also had three other children (two daughters and one

  • Essay On The Spanish American War

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    Spanish-American War Fazenbaker, Bryce American Military University Vehnekamp, Stormy History 102 April 27, 2014 The Spanish-American War is important to American history because it established America interest in the Western Hemisphere especially in the tariff of sugar and other supplies coming from the southern and western lands below the equator. The war would eventually establish America in the Western hemisphere as a dominate power and allow for the establishment of future trade and

  • Fidel Castro Essay

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    political career took off and he attained political power, Fidel Castro established himself as a member of the communist party. In his early years, Castro attended the law school at the University of Havana. This university in particular was known for its student activists and political agitators. At the University of Havana, Castro joined a political gang called the Unión Insurreccional Revolucionaria, which means the Revolutionary Insurrectional Union. This gang used protests and rebellion to obtain

  • The Importance Of Healthcare Communication

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    How can we solve this problem? Gail Reed suggest there should be a Medical school open to the world. In Cuba, they tend to give a full ride scholarship for people who are capable of becoming doctors. In the medical school of Havana, 20,000 of doctors graduate annually (Reed). This school teaches to about 86 countries around the world. They come to Cuba to become future physicians for their community. They are from lower income countries who are funded by organization to help

  • Analysis Of Before Night Falls: Reinaldo Arenas

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    Before Night Falls: Reinaldo Arenas’ Insight into Literary and Sexual Oppression The Cuban Revolution began at a time when Cubans could no longer tolerate the American capitalist influence in Cuba. Cubans blamed the United States for their destitutions and for the ruthlessness of American politically supported dictator Fulgencio Batista. Bastia’s administration was inhumane. Of the countless things he did, he annulled the 1940 Constitution that he helped to instate, widened the gap between wealth

  • Essay On Fidel Castro

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    athlete and just like his studies he was an expert at athletics. Fidel attended Colegio Dolores in Santiago de Cuba, he also attended Colegio de Belen in Havana. Fidel pitched for the school's baseball team, he also played basketball and ran track. Fidel graduated in 1945 , however Castro decided to join law school in the University of Havana. Castro was getting really interested by the politics and problems in Cuba, that lead to him not focusing on his studies. Problems in Cuba