In the first half of the twentieth century, Cuba was the biggest producer of sugar in the world, and sugar represented 80 ...

The Batista regime was extremely unpopular with the Cuban people. In 1956 ... war against government forces. By 1958, the revolution had spread throughout Cuba, culminating in the fall of Havana ...

The Cuban Revolution—though seized upon by Hansen ... The fact that Hansen could even suggest that Castro’s victory meant that the “Stalinist roadblock” was being bypassed meant that ...

Rather than honor the pre-victory democratic pledges ... of Castro which shapes the book's entire analysis of the Cuban revolution. Consider this passage: "... once power came into [Castro ...

The Cuban Worker’s Confederation called for massive marches island wide on May 1st to celebrate International Workers Day and ...

Yet the Cuban revolution continued to face threats ... The Sandinistas' 1979 victory had been a huge triumph for Fidel Castro. A leftist regime, loyal to Cuba, was the foothold he had been ...

Of all the aspects of the Cuban Revolution, none has had a greater impact on America than the immigration of over one million Cubans to the United States. Settling mostly in Miami, but also ...

Steve Cushion is a senior research fellow at University College London, Institute of the Americas. He is author of A Hidden ...

HAVANA, Dec. 9, 1955 (UP) - Two weeks of bloody student uprisings appeared Friday to follow the pattern of the student riots that deposed Cuban Dictator Gerardo Machado 22 years ago.Since the ...