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    The document provides an overview of Cuba's history from its time as a colony through becoming a socialist state. It discusses Cuba under Spanish colonial rule and early American influence after independence, including its sugar economy and US investment. It then covers the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro from 1953 onward, Cuba aligning with the Soviet bloc, and key events like the Bay of Pigs invasion. Nationalization of industries and the US embargo created economic difficulties but Cuba also emphasized education, health care, and national identity. More recent periods brought new economic challenges like the Special Period of the 1990s.

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    Cuba History and Culture

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    Cuba Lals 2012

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    The document provides an overview of Cuba's history from its time as a colony through becoming a socialist state. It discusses Cuba under Spanish colonial rule and early American influence after independence, including its sugar economy and US investment. It then covers the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro from 1953 onward, Cuba aligning with the Soviet bloc, and key events like the Bay of Pigs invasion. Nationalization of industries and the US embargo created economic difficulties but Cuba also emphasized education, health care, and national identity. More recent periods brought new economic challenges like the Special Period of the 1990s.

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    The document provides an overview of Cuba's history from its time as a colony through becoming a socialist state. It discusses Cuba under Spanish colonial rule and early American influence after independence, including its sugar economy and US investment. It then covers the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro from 1953 onward, Cuba aligning with the Soviet bloc, and key events like the Bay of Pigs invasion. Nationalization of industries and the US embargo created economic difficulties but Cuba also emphasized education, health care, and national identity. More recent periods brought new economic challenges like the Special Period of the 1990s.

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    Cuba

    From Colony to Socialist State

    Early 20th Century

    Ethnic Groups
    70%

    60%

    50%

    40%
    Series1
    30%

    20%

    10%

    0%
    White

    Mixed

    Black

    GDP
    GDP per capita income: $4,545.
    Average monthly salary: $20.

    Major export markets


    $800
    $700
    $600
    $500
    $400
    $300
    $200
    $100

    $0

    Series1

    Major import markets


    $3,000,000,000.00

    $2,500,000,000.00

    $2,000,000,000.00

    $1,500,000,000.00

    $1,000,000,000.00

    $500,000,000.00

    $0.00

    Series1

    Mercantilism/Capitalism:
    Sugar Cane
    1860:
    500,000 tons
    1/3 of the worlds sugar supply

    Slaves
    600,000
    1886 (abolition)

    Colony
    Typical & Atypical

    Jos Mart

    After Independence
    Spanish American War
    The Platt Amendment
    Toms Estrada Palma

    Economic Growth
    Sugar
    80% foreign exchange

    U.S. Investors

    U.S. Investors: Centrales


    % World Production
    80%
    70%
    60%
    50%
    40%
    30%
    20%
    10%
    0%
    % World Production

    Year 1906

    Year 1928

    Year 1950

    15%

    75%

    47%

    U.S. Investors: safra

    Urban Migration

    Social pyramid

    Americanization

    Fidel Castro

    26th of July 1953: Moncada

    Fidel Castro
    La historia me
    absolver

    Ch Guevara

    Herbert
    Matthews

    Defining the Revolution

    Fidel in NY

    Agrarian Law Reform


    May 17, 1959

    March,
    1959
    The
    Instituto
    Cubano
    del Arte e
    Industria
    Cinematog
    rficos
    (ICAIC)

    1960

    Cuban-U.S. Relations
    Embargo
    Bloqueo

    Nationalization

    Soviet Block

    CDR

    1960

    The Cuban Revolution

    Bay of Pigs

    Exporting the Revolution

    Let the Shame be Welcomed

    Achievements

    Achievements

    Marielitos

    Rectification Program
    Alicia en el pueblo
    de Maravillas
    Four days
    screening.
    June 1991

    Reality Check

    Special Period

    Special Period

    1990

    Free Education

    1992

    Balseros

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