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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...