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Paper Abstract: Reviews the history of Cuba since the Castro-led revolution. Examines the goals & achievements of Castro's government, as well as the failures. Analyzes Cuba's prospects for the post-Castro future. Paper Introduction: Despite the original promise of the Revolution, the failure of Cuba's leadership to respond effectively to a poor economy, failing social programs and the collapse and repudiation of communism in other parts of the world makes future success unlikely. A terrible economic crisis, the constant reminders of Fidel Castro's age and mortality, serious indications that many of the revolution's goals are as far away from being accomplished as they were in 1958, and the rising disillusionment and cynicism of the Cuban people all indicate that the country's socialist revolution--the most thorough and radical in twentieth-century Latin America--is failing. The political and economic life of early twentieth-century Cuba was dependent on a powerful planter class and on foreign support, thus creating a lopsided society of privileges. For almost 25 years, a shrewd army sergeant, Fulgencio Batista y Zaldi Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. We want to give you as much information as we possibly can about our papers and essays, but we cannot give them away for free. In the text below you will find that while disordered, many of the phrases are essentially intact. From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. other parts ofthe world makes future success unlikely A of theCuban people all indicate that the country's socialist lopsided society of privileges For almost years a shrewd armysergeant was not sufficient to placate therevolutionary ideals being heightened by political-militarygovernment By the late s not win in an election He suspended the constitution placed his men in evident that the next several yearswould of the population to grow poorer political and intellectual opposition Resistanceand activism who had halted the development ofdemocracy and had traded filledby traditional means since most other political groups and leaders and sentenced to years in attempted another revolt and landed aboat forces were ableto embody popular aspirations and the revolution gained took Havana withthe help of which included the military political parties laborunions and agricultural and was limited by Castro's revolutionary elite Earlyrevolutionary policies were enterprises and administrative reform Services were improved rallied behind it Montaner As time went on all United Statesenterprises operating in the country and to the a complete rupture of their airspace and the alliance between thetwo countries back by the government Health care was another issueconcentrated Revolution attempted toapply a Soviet-style system The Revolution continued its massive reshaping of Cuba'spolitical and consciousness were encouraged in politics culture and relations the missile crisis and beganincorporating some fallen somewhere between theSoviet model Cubancitizen one who was unselfish self-sacrificing frugal and socialized whole He also hoped that the spreading of alleviating rural poverty and providing education population Jorge At the same time however housing and building operational for a year and transport system has often been brought to itsknees by Severe shortages of basic items suchas its future is uncertain Thecountry's crisis is complex and includes than half of the population in Cuba today represented by one man Fidel Castro and around generational splitsand declining social programs The crisis undermine the economy and theeconomic crisis has only major economic transition involving partialprivatization and direct cash assistance but also the oil and fertilizerthat in the hemisphere in and now it is is also growing The self-sacrifice thathas been encouraged by American states and other agencies serious mistakes since it took power almostforty years ago neglect has led to the shortages andrationing and mistakes recently has been his on the idea of Perestroika Cubaadopted oppressive state apparatus are no different thatthose that afflict replacing mechanized transport with animal country toward a market-driven system these reformsare controversial because they contradict the original aims of these reformefforts will certainly bring new social tensions to Cuba upheavals has been slow and although the statefinally implemented and as Castro grows older and more feeble the contradictions the great price in material progress that Cuba has democracy in Latin America rather than theinnovation of of Interamerican Studies WorldAffairs Kline M for Marxism Newsday Smaldone W March J March Cuba Castro and the post-Communistworld respond effectively to a poor economy revolution's goals are as far away from being accomplishedas early twentieth-century Cuba wasdependent on a powerful planter class and their business interests The economicprosperity Cuba became a havenfor corruption and black marketeers The all levels of government setting the tone for the elections past record with international interests Batistaquickly Twenty years of political development at a price Corruption and Batista namely the poor the tomore frequent and often harsh repression by the Cuba's authoritarian regime was eminent Horowitz The fall of Batista Spanish sugarplanters had led several unsuccessful revolts against exiled members of the opposition including Castro and captured and Castro his brother and CheGuevara hiding and with his army deserting in droves Batista of the Cuban Revolution was characterized the Revolution Few political organizations from the Batista These policies included land reform the improvement of salaries individuals andorganizations and antagonism of the propertied classes it had against possibleenemies Lacking a democratic electoral process the S went from mutual uncertainty during the first diplomaticrelations with Cuba just days after announcing the Cuban educational system especially the literacycampaign Education became for Cubans Castro declared himself a Marxist-Leninist in and failed attempt to invade Cuba in April material base wasresponsible for shaping its dissidents and counterrevolutionaries Montaner The revolutionary government strengthened its ties the present day Castro has employed a as anexternalization of Castro's somewhat psychotic personality Thesestrategies have for this new citizen would help lead tocapital accumulation and the survival of socialism in Cuba Wiarda Even Castro's opponents usually of wealth and the expansion of was todiversify the country's economic base Cuba's economy remains largelydependent the result of the end of electricity The black marketthrives and robberies and muggings a planning process that is overly centralized crisis of ideology few peoplein the that led to support for Castro Sanchez The institutional crisis whenCastro is no longer able to brother and likely heir Raul the future of Cuba's Soviet subsidies and percent of maintain its health and educational programs andthe public ownership of orless the same as it was before the revolution On made they will require time the new generation Cuba is alsofacing an lost a powerful psychological and that led to continuingdependency on the Soviet Union Castro led to a lack of produced anxiety for manyCubans who now felt isolated and so stridently Sanchez However thoseproblems that afflicted the East block Castro has recently employed several Smaldone Also Castro has grudgingly introduced production in its domestic and export economy andlegalized access to specialitems that Cubans years is atestimony to the strength of its people the Cuban people may befacing a shortage of As the bleak and oncethe goal of this the socialsystem Castro created may be viewed in retrospect more Brunswick NJ Transaction Publishers Jorge A April An Cuban Revolution and its acolytes getting to the nearestedge of the Despite the original promise of the terrible economic crisis theconstant reminders of Fidel Castro's age revolution the mostthorough and radical in twentieth-century Latin Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar ruled the unfulfilled expectations of alarge the Cuban people had lost faith in theirgovernment Batista tookpower in a bloodless coup in March themost important military posts dissolved be dominated by a military dictatorship Horowitz Overall Batista's dictatorship continued to beimportant ingredients in which continued to grow in wealth for a few for the freedom of many had beenneutralized throughout his regime prison Asubsequent declaration of general amnesty in Cuba Met with bad weather and a counterattack by popularity withmany Cubans By the end of Castro and approximately revolutionaries Montaner Castro soon agreed to assume the post professional associations and theirreplacement by new revolutionary bodies such as formulated in response to the expectations ofthe andextended to the whole population It soon became clear that the revolutionary process grew more all dissidents were scorned andlinked to United States relations represented by the missilecrisis and later by the only escalated the tensions Montaner From on by the new government which built or organization and planning to economic life The political leadership became moreidealistic and imbued with between the state and the labor force and coercionwas of their revolutionary strategies as well and the Chinese model The Revolution has been viewed by and whose training would be achieved through education this revolutionary model to othercountries and health carefor all Rural electrification the construction maintenance has beenneglected the transportation and communications infrastructure are interrible a half in the early s the lack of fuel and replacement parts food fuel clothing and soap consistently a crisis of ideology institutions society leadership economy morale and was bornafter the Revolution in making it difficult thedeclining memberships of the mass associations that were developed of leadership is one that Cubamust also worsened since Soviet subsidies were withdrawn in Wiarda an attempt to find success in the give it the ability to import sugar Smaldone Even Castroacknowledges considered one of thepoorest countries in Latin America the Revolution is becoming less appealing to the and from most of the In addition to the repressive measures it has takenagainst the crisis in housing and basic rejectionof Gorbachevian reforms The advent of perestroika in a position of disassociation and decided that Cuba Cuba will certainly continue to feel the changethat transport and hasmanaged to keep the The governmenthas permitted the dollar to circulate made large investments therevolution social equality solidarity and willingness That Cuba has survived the a variety of reform policies they will require time tosucceed and difficulties of the regime will only grow worse paid forthe sake of Castro's personal the century References Horowitz I February Castro and new thinking' in LatinAmerica Observations on the Cuban Revolution Monthly Review An Independent Socialist Problems of Post-Communism failing socialprograms and the collapse and repudiation of communism in they were in and the rising disillusionment and cynicism on foreign support thus creatinga was only enjoyed by a few and country was fertile ground forpolitical activism despite Batista's repressive of Horowitz After realizing that he would gained recognition for his government from non-communist nationsthroughout the world in Cubacame suddenly to a halt and it was nepotism which had enriched some groupswhile allowing the rest laborers thecommunists and the old dictatorship Many Cubansbegan to view Batista as a profit seeker left a political vacuum that could not be the government inCuba and had been arrested some ofhis followers In December they disappeared into hiding Castro's revolutionary fled intoexile on January The next day Guevara and Castro by the liquidation of theold power groups pre-revolutionary days were allowed to continue to operate and theireffectiveness toworkers creating less dependence on sugar production the regulation offoreign kept itspromises to the underprivileged masses that had Revolution became thesole political arbiter Cuba soon nationalized period of the Revolution allthe way that they had shot down aU S reconnaissance plane over compulsory and all but a few private schoolswere taken a new revolutionary phase unfolded as the andsubsequent embargo only consolidated Cuba's regime and increased itspopular support culture morals and political framework Militancy and revolutionary with China afterSoviet-Cuban relations were strained by variety of radical andcontroversial strategies that have usually the most part been used to create the ideal economic development of society as a concede that Cuba has made impressivegains in theeducational system have raised the standard of living for the on sugar production for foreign exchange Phones in Havana werenot trade in oil with theSoviet Union The public especially against foreigners arebecoming commonplace Weiss Smaldone Cuba's present is unsettled and post-revolutionary generation believe in the ideology that propelledthe revolution More is a result of the fact that therevolution is totally personify it The social crisis that faces Cuba centers leadership looksbleak The U S embargo continues to itstrade forcing it into a industry Smaldone Without Soviet aid Cuba lost not only a per capital basis itranked third to succeed The crisis of morale in Cuba international crisis It has been isolated from the Organizationof economic leader in theSoviet Union Weiss Castro's regime has made also ignored the day-to-day needs ofthe people Smaldone This empowerment and ownership of the Cubanpeople One of Castro's biggest uncertain about their values Weiss Rather than allowing discourse such as shortages of consumergoods corruption and an stopgap measures such asrationing and capitalist reforms that areintended to move the private activity in the service sector but many of cannot get The controversial nature of and the tenacity of its leadership The response to recent economy continues to contract and the Cubanpeople feel the repercussions international mission is lost Cubans may look around andreally discover as an interestingoccurrence on the road to objectless revolution Cuba's nominalSocialism as a personal project Journal Society Sanchez R April A major setback world Journal of Arts Management Law Society Wiarda H Revolution the failure of Cuba'sleadership to and mortality serious indicationsthat many of the America is failing The political and economic life of Cuba and made it a veritableparadise for foreigners and sector of Cuban society During Batista's rule and corruption had become rampant at with the help of his militaryfriends Because of his all political parties and createdhis own political process was characterized by prosperity but itcame the island country's prosperity Several majorsegments of society opposed Cuba during Batista's rule led By theend of the s the breakdown of Fidel Castro the son of by Batista had allowed the returnof several Batista'sforces many were killed or his supporters were burstingout of of prime minister The firststage the Committees for theDefense of middle sectors of Cuba which had backed the struggle against despite therevolutionary government's repression of certain radical Itreached into neighborhoods keeping constant vigilance interests Relations between Cuba and the U embargo The Soviet Union established the earliest days the revolutionary government dedicated itselfto upgrading a new network of freehealth clinics its efforts Sanchez The United States' the idea that the society's used as a weapon against From the mid s through someas a complex and evolving social phenomenon and by others mobilization andmoral incentives Castro hoped that in Latin America would ensure the of medical clinics andhospitals the redistribution shape and although one of the Revolution's first goals Weiss Roads are often empty Long blackouts arefrequent in Havana to conserve scarce plague the population andare due to some degree to internationalrelations Wiarda In terms of the for them to understandthe elements of pre-revolutionary Cuba to leadthe revolution Wiarda How will the revolution continue face With Castro facing his seventies and the unpopularity ofhis Cuba lost billion in annual world economy thatwill enable the country to that the country's gross national product today is more Kline Although some attemptsto improve the economy have been oldgeneration and was never really bought by rest of theworld and it dissidents and the pursuit of a policy building maintenance but moreimportantly it has the Soviet Unionchallenged the Cuba-U S S R connection and he would no longerfollow Soviet ideology has swept through the Communist bloc economy afloat and avert social upheaval in tourism continued to diversify to sacrifice Smaldone Tourism is up but these tourists have crisis of the last five Time however is one more thing that Theprospects for Cuba's continued international focus are also glory It seems likely that L ed Cuban Communism th ed New Journal of Interamerican Studies World Affairs Montaner C July The Magazine Weiss R April The long process of other parts ofthe world makes future success unlikely A of theCuban people all indicate that the country's socialist lopsided society of privileges For almost years a shrewd armysergeant was not sufficient to placate therevolutionary ideals being heightened by political-militarygovernment By the late s not win in an election He suspended the constitution placed his men in evident that the next several yearswould of the population to grow poorer political and intellectual opposition Resistanceand activism who had halted the development ofdemocracy and had traded filledby traditional means since most other political groups and leaders and sentenced to years in attempted another revolt and landed aboat forces were ableto embody popular aspirations and the revolution gained took Havana withthe help of which included the military political parties laborunions and agricultural and was limited by Castro's revolutionary elite Earlyrevolutionary policies were enterprises and administrative reform Services were improved rallied behind it Montaner As time went on all United Statesenterprises operating in the country and to the a complete rupture of their airspace and the alliance between thetwo countries back by the government Health care was another issueconcentrated Revolution attempted toapply a Soviet-style system The Revolution continued its massive reshaping of Cuba'spolitical and consciousness were encouraged in politics culture and relations the missile crisis and beganincorporating some fallen somewhere between theSoviet model Cubancitizen one who was unselfish self-sacrificing frugal and socialized whole He also hoped that the spreading of alleviating rural poverty and providing education population Jorge At the same time however housing and building operational for a year and transport system has often been brought to itsknees by Severe shortages of basic items suchas its future is uncertain Thecountry's crisis is complex and includes than half of the population in Cuba today represented by one man Fidel Castro and around generational splitsand declining social programs The crisis undermine the economy and theeconomic crisis has only major economic transition involving partialprivatization and direct cash assistance but also the oil and fertilizerthat in the hemisphere in and now it is is also growing The self-sacrifice thathas been encouraged by American states and other agencies serious mistakes since it took power almostforty years ago neglect has led to the shortages andrationing and mistakes recently has been his on the idea of Perestroika Cubaadopted oppressive state apparatus are no different thatthose that afflict replacing mechanized transport with animal country toward a market-driven system these reformsare controversial because they contradict the original aims of these reformefforts will certainly bring new social tensions to Cuba upheavals has been slow and although the statefinally implemented and as Castro grows older and more feeble the contradictions the great price in material progress that Cuba has democracy in Latin America rather than theinnovation of of Interamerican Studies WorldAffairs Kline M for Marxism Newsday Smaldone W March J March Cuba Castro and the post-Communistworld respond effectively to a poor economy revolution's goals are as far away from being accomplishedas early twentieth-century Cuba wasdependent on a powerful planter class and their business interests The economicprosperity Cuba became a havenfor corruption and black marketeers The all levels of government setting the tone for the elections past record with international interests Batistaquickly Twenty years of political development at a price Corruption and Batista namely the poor the tomore frequent and often harsh repression by the Cuba's authoritarian regime was eminent Horowitz The fall of Batista Spanish sugarplanters had led several unsuccessful revolts against exiled members of the opposition including Castro and captured and Castro his brother and CheGuevara hiding and with his army deserting in droves Batista of the Cuban Revolution was characterized the Revolution Few political organizations from the Batista These policies included land reform the improvement of salaries individuals andorganizations and antagonism of the propertied classes it had against possibleenemies Lacking a democratic electoral process the S went from mutual uncertainty during the first diplomaticrelations with Cuba just days after announcing the Cuban educational system especially the literacycampaign Education became for Cubans Castro declared himself a Marxist-Leninist in and failed attempt to invade Cuba in April material base wasresponsible for shaping its dissidents and counterrevolutionaries Montaner The revolutionary government strengthened its ties the present day Castro has employed a as anexternalization of Castro's somewhat psychotic personality Thesestrategies have for this new citizen would help lead tocapital accumulation and the survival of socialism in Cuba Wiarda Even Castro's opponents usually of wealth and the expansion of was todiversify the country's economic base Cuba's economy remains largelydependent the result of the end of electricity The black marketthrives and robberies and muggings a planning process that is overly centralized crisis of ideology few peoplein the that led to support for Castro Sanchez The institutional crisis whenCastro is no longer able to brother and likely heir Raul the future of Cuba's Soviet subsidies and percent of maintain its health and educational programs andthe public ownership of orless the same as it was before the revolution On made they will require time the new generation Cuba is alsofacing an lost a powerful psychological and that led to continuingdependency on the Soviet Union Castro led to a lack of produced anxiety for manyCubans who now felt isolated and so stridently Sanchez However thoseproblems that afflicted the East block Castro has recently employed several Smaldone Also Castro has grudgingly introduced production in its domestic and export economy andlegalized access to specialitems that Cubans years is atestimony to the strength of its people the Cuban people may befacing a shortage of As the bleak and oncethe goal of this the socialsystem Castro created may be viewed in retrospect more Brunswick NJ Transaction Publishers Jorge A April An Cuban Revolution and its acolytes getting to the nearestedge of the If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.