Efficacy and Quality of Cuba's Educational Program

Tensions continue to wax and wane between the two countries, but Cuba's economy has largely stabilized and the situation between Castro's country and the United States is also essentially at an impasse (Suddath 2009). The increased stabilization of the Cuban economy and society has led to many internal changes in the country, however, and these have largely been to the benefit of Cuba and indeed of much of the world. As current research and statistics show, Cuba has not only managed to achieve a modicum of stability under Castro's communist regime, but it has actually achieved levels of success envied by many prosperous capitalist nations.

One of Cuba's singular achievements that demonstrates the prowess of its educational program and the country's basic commitment to learning and the advancement of knowledge is its International Pedagogy Congress, which has been held in Cuba every two years since…...

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CMHA. (2011). Cuba will be world education capital. Accessed 18 January 2011.  http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3999:cuba-will-be-world-education-capital&catid=2:cuba&Itemid=14 

Elliston, J. (1999). Psywar on Cuba. New York: Ocean Press.

Franklin, J. (1997). Cuba and the United States. New York: Ocean Press.

Gasperini, L. (2000). The Cuban education system: Lesson and dilemmas. Country Studies Education Reform and Management Publication 1(5). Accessed 18 January 2011.  http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/547664-1099080026826/The_Cuban_education_system_lessonsEn00.pdf

Cuba's Future After Fidel Castro
There are many schools of thought when considering the future of Cuba without its leader Fidel Castro. Many think that Cuba is on the cusp of greatness while others warn of coming doom. It can be difficult envisioning the true Cuba from an Americanized point-of-view. Many Americans cannot understand a socialist framework where everyone is treated equal because America is the land of unique opportunity and individualism. It can be said that in order to examine and predict Cuba's future without Castro, one must first look at Cuba's past and present. By looking at the Revolution of 1959 and what Cuba's holds for its people today, this paper will explore many "what if" scenarios. It is simple to conclude that a Cuba without Castro influences the status of the power authority directly. It seems that Cuba's political health has a direct relationship with the state of…...

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Chomsky, Aviva., Barry Carr, and Pamela Maria Smorkaloff, ed. The Cuba Reader:

History, Culture, Politics (Latin America Readers). 5 Dec 2004 .

Neumann, Rachel. Cuba After Castro? 5 Dec 2004

Leftist leaders preach a sermon of economic equality, of providing the "little man" with the ability to live the same life as the doctor or engineer - because though he may have less education, his contribution to society in terms of labor (particularly manual labor) is more significant, challenging, and sacrificial than the practice of medicine or law. The sugar-cane farmers and rum producers, the tobacco growers and the fishermen all had seen their quality of living decrease sharply under atista as the men who owned the markets they supplied paid less and less and sold for more and more. Ultimately, atista could not possibly be viewed as the friend of the people he purported to be - and the nation of peasants shifted radically to the left. It was here that Castro and his compatriots found their revolution.
Cuba was pushed to the left by a dictator who could…...

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Farber, Samuel. "Cuba: The One Party State Continues." New Politics 5.3 (1995): 212-21.

Joes, Anthony James. From the Barrell of a Gun: Armies and Revolutions. Chicago: Pergamon-Brassey's, 1986.

Paterson, Thomas G. Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Scheina, Robert L. Latin America's Wars. Chicago: Brassey's, 2003.

Those officials who did look at the question of Japanese intentions decided that Japan would never attack, because to do so would be irrational. Yet what might seem irrational to one country may seem perfectly logical to another country that has different goals, values, and traditions. (Kessler 98)
The failures apparent in the onset of orld ar II and during the course of the war led indirectly to the creation of the CIA in 1947. During orld ar II, Colonel illiam J. Donovan headed the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and in 1941 Donovan submitted to the president a plan outlining the need for a government-wide organization that would pool and coordinate existing intelligence. Roosevelt followed this recommendation and created a Coordinator of Information as part of the Executive Office of the President. This office evolved into the OSS, and this would become the model for the CIA. During the…...

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Anderson, Perry. "Revolution without end: Fidel Castro's regime has been marked by relatively low levels of repression and a sense of solidarity with other protest movements. But perhaps its most remarkable feature is that it has survived so long, writes Perry Anderson." New Statesman (22 Nov 2004).  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FQP/is_4715_133/ai_n8578782 .

Becker, Hilary M. "Cuba: potential or potential threat." Journal of the Academy of Business and Economics (Feb 2003).  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0OGT/is_2_1/ai_113563608 .

Blight, James G. And David A. Welch. On the Brink. New York: Hill and Wang, 1989.

Blue, Sarah A. "State Policy, Economic Crisis, Gender, and Family Ties: Determinants of Family Remittances to Cuba." Economic Geography (Jan 2004).  http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3660/is_200401/ai_n9395722 ..

("Economics," 2004)
hat is the role of women in your country deciding reproductive strategies?

The total estimated 2004 fertility rate of Cuba was1.66 children born per woman. The de-emphasizing of the Catholic influence in the region is largely thought to have reduced the yearly population growth. omen have free access to birth control, as much as the health care system can be accessed by the individual woman -- however, access as a practical matter, as with most health care, is much better and more open in urban as opposed to rural communities.

hat is the per capita income of your country? How unevenly is income distributed?

The population of Cuba was 11,308,764 (July 2004 est.) Officially, there is an equal and egalitarian distribution of income amongst all members of the population, depending upon the standard of living in the community. The 2004 per capita income was $381.76, in a nation where there is…...

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Chinese Cubans" (2004) Nation Master. Encyclopedia. Retrieved on October 24, 2004 at  http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Demographics-of-Cuba 

Demographics of Cuba." (2004) Nation Master. Encyclopedia. Retrieved on October 24, 2004 at

Comparing a blockade to the first option (air-strike) was a no-brainer. First of all, a guarantee of the airstrike being effective was highly unlikely.
At the time, the pinpoint weaponry employed by the present day United States was not available, and in fact such weaponry had not even been invented yet. The Soviet Union, of course, knew that such a course of direction would not be effective and therefore the deterrence factor on this particular option was rather low.

Secondly, a comparison of a blockade vs. An invasion was also strongly tilted towards the idea of a blockade. The reason(s) for this bias towards the blockade included the fact that an invasion was a risky prospect, and at best, put far more lives at risk than a blockade would. An invasion could also be considered as an overt act of war against the country being invaded (Cuba in this circumstance) and…...

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Anderson, Paul a. (1983) Decision Making by Objection and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 28, No 2, pp. 201-222

Kennedy, Robert F. (1969) Thirteen Days, a Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis, New York: W.W. Norton Company

Sylvan, Donald a., Thorson, Stuart J., (1992) Ontologies, Problem Representation, and the Cuban Missile Crisis, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 36, No 4, pp 709-732

It is common for parents and children to live very tightly packed in small apartments. (ordiq, "Culture, 2004) the fact that there is so little housing in urban centers means that the government is unwilling as well as perhaps unable to release statistics about how densely populated the nation's urban areas are per square mile.
Cubans are found of music and sport, and the national fondness for baseball underlines the still-close cultural connection between Cuba and the United States, despite Castro's best efforts to sever it. (AOL "Destination Guides: Cuba") the persistence of Santeria and other indigenous religious traditions likewise underlines the impossibility of entirely erasing religion from the national consciousness. (AOL "Destination Guides: Cuba -- History") Music has enabled the government's half-hearted efforts to resurrect the extinct tourist trade to bring in some currency and infuse the local economy with some life, as music forms the "pulsing backdrop to…...

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AOL. (2004) "Destination Guides: Cuba -- History." Retrieved on October 4, 2004 at  http://aolsvc.travel.roughguides.com/roughguides.html 

AOL (2004) "Destination Guides: Cuba." Retrieved on October 4, 2004 at

Cuba So You Could Dress Like This? By Achy Obeja. Specifically, it will select one required discussion thread and summarize the selected thread. To summarize is to break down the content of a subject and sum up its ultimate meaning and importance.
WE CAME ALL THE WAY FROM CUBA

"The Spouse" is the story of two estranged people who run into each other, which brings up many old memories from their relationship - a relationship that never really meant anything. Lupe married Raul as a business deal, so he could stay in the country. This is illegal, but it is done all the time, and these two people represent just why it is done. Raul needed an American wife to make him legal in this country, and Lupe needed money. The amusing thing about this is that he really took the marriage seriously, while Lupe simply wants it behind her. Raul…...

Revolution of 1958 inevitable?
Cuba. This island is known everywhere in the world. Everybody knows such names as Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Also Cuba is associated with Caribbean crisis, which had frightened both the U.S.A. And USSR. That's all that common person knows about this land and nation famous for specific culture and interesting history (especially of the 20th century). Cuba has always been a region of American interests in the Caribbean Sea and its 45-year resistance against capitalism (in fact -- American politics) impresses everyone, even person hostile to Cuban regime.

Cuban influence on worlds politics during the Cold War and nowadays is important and worth paying attention to. Cuba is still one of the last Communist countries of the world.

Many years have past, Communism had a great success but it died after Soviet Union collapsed. Now China and Vietnam try to democratize and capitalize own economics. Only Cuba…...

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3. Thomas, Hugh, The Cuban Revolution Harpercollins College Div; (June 1, 1977)

4. Benjamin, Jules R. The United States and the Origins of the Cuban Revolution: An Empire of Liberty in an Age of National Liberation Princeton Univ Pr; (January 1, 1990)

5. Fernandez, Alina Castro's Daughter St. Martin's Press; 1st Us edition (November 1, 1998)

In more than one occasion, the current policy of embargo was challenged by representatives from the think-tanks as not serving the purpose of actually promoting democracy in the Cuba, which is seen as inimical to campaign for democratic consolidation in the region.
The chapter entitled, Through the Looking Glass, dealt mainly with how the political debate on Cuba has encroached in the arena of American pop culture. The chapter opens with Michael Moore's attempt to present another of his acerbic documentary about the U.S. health care system, a 15-minute segment of which was devoted to portraying the Cuban health care system. Moore's exploit to Cuba have earned him the ire of the U.S. State Department, which led him to "exile" his film to nearby Canada to protect it from being seized by the Bush administration in light of its current policy of isolation with regard to Cuba. The chapter includes…...

The U.S. created the Platt Amendment allowing the U.S. The right to interfere in the sovereign interest of Cuba.
Yet, regardless of the seeming loyalty of the Cubans towards the Spaniards the fact remains that the majority of the people were not satisfied with the rule. The people realized that they needed to be free but were not in a situation to take advantage of the fact, they were simply biding their time for freedom. The various rebellions over the years had taken its toll on the Cubans and none were in a hurry to create a situation that would adversely affect the land and the people.

There was a certain instability in the social classes as by 1884 the 'sugar nobility' was changing. They were unable to mobilize costs and this allowed the U.S. To penetrate the region. y 1894 it was U.S. resources that were allowing the plantation owners…...

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Anthropology
Santeria in Cuba

Santeria began in Cuba as a mixture of the Western African Yoruba eligion and Iberian Catholicism. It is one of the numerous syncretic religions created by Africans brought to the Caribbean islands as slaves. It was developed out of need for the African slaves in order to carry on practicing their native religion in the New World. As in all nations where the African slaves were taken, Cuban slave masters dampened and sometimes banned the practice of their native religions. The slaves in Cuba were required to follow the practices of the Catholic Church, which went against the beliefs of their native religions. Noticing the similarities between their native religion and Catholicism, and in order to please their slave-masters and accomplish their own religious needs, they fashioned a secret religion. Santeria utilizes Catholic saints and personages as facades for their own god and Orishas or spiritual representatives. Consequently,…...

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Gray, K. (2011). Santeria in Cuba. Retreived from http://profe.benjaminearwicker.com/students/blog-main/santeria-in-cuba.html

Santeria. (2001). Retrieved from http://raider.mountunion.edu/~lyonsil/Santeria%20-%202.htm

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..." Quirk is noted to have said that: "Many times in later years Castro spoke of his ignorance as a university student. He admitted to being a 'political illiterate' and had studied law, he said, not because he felt an attraction to the legal profession but because his family expected it." (Quirk; as cited by Escobar, 2004) Fidel Castro became involved in political activism and became a widely renowned orator and was labeled a political agitator. His group attempted a coup d'etat against the rule of atista however they failed and were imprisoned. While in prison Castro wrote the work entitled: "History will Absolve Me" finally putting his views of revolution down on paper. Castro is noted to have stated:
know the imprisonment will be hard for me as it has been for anyone - filled with cowardly threats and wicked torture. ut I do not fear prison, just as I…...

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Sewell, Bevan (2006) A Global Policy in a Regional Setting: The Eisenhower Administration and Latin America, 1953-54. 49th Parallel Conference Special Edition, Summer, 2006.

Weinmann, Lissa (2004) Washington's Irrational Cuba Policy. World Policy Journal Vol. XXI, No.1 Spring 2004.

Escobar, Rafael (2004) The Cuban Revolution: A Shift in American Support - Central Connecticut State University - New Britain Connecticut. April 2004.

Waging Unconventional Warfare: Guatemala, the Congo, and the Cubans (nd) Instruments of Statecraft: U.S. Guerilla Warfare, Counterinsurgency and Counterrorism, 1940-1990. Online available at  http://www.statecraft.org/chapter5.html

As a result, the cuisine is heavily dependent on heavily spiced dishes accented by inclusion of easily accessible seafood. Due to the fact that the population of Cuba has been largely impoverished rice and beans have been a major part of most Cuban meals.
An interesting development in the history of Cuban cuisine has been the difference between the diets of Cubans living in the easterly regions of the island and those in the west living in and around Havana. In the east the cuisine is more heavily influenced by the Spanish and African cultures while the cuisine the west in and around Havana is far more continental due to the presence of outside influences from and around other European cultures.

Sports are an important part of the Cuban culture. aseball, boxing and soccer enjoy wide popularity and are almost a passion for many Cubans. Again, Cuba's proximity to the United…...

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Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, Pamela Smarkaloff. "The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics." Aviva Chomsky, Barry Carr, Pamela Smarkaloff. The Cuba Reader: History, Culture, Politics. Duke, 2004. 721.

Hunt, Nigel. Cubaism. 2008. 2 December 2010 .

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The article goes on to say that a correspondent for a Pennsylvanian newspaper who visited the country in 2007 stated,

"I asked the guide what ubans did if they had a cold. The guide said that a uban would go to the doctor -- a visit free of charge -- who would write a prescription for aspirin. However, there would be no way to fill the prescription. We visited a pharmacy later in the trip. Behind the counter five well-dressed uban women waited to serve, but the shelves were empty. The only items in sight were the monthly ration of sanitary napkins, 10 permitted per uban woman per month."

This is the paradox of uban healthcare -- it is readily available, but if somebody really does need medicine, such as in the case above, to get better, this may not be readily available.

Some articles, however, do not agree with the one written…...

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Cuban Healthcare (2011). The Real Cuba. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from .

Healthcare in Cuba. (2007). Guardian UK. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from <  http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2007/jul/17/internationalnews#/?picture=330245498&index=3 >.

Keim, B. (2010). What Cuba can teach us about healthcare. Wired Science. Retrieved August 11, 2011, from .

Certainly! Here are some essay topic ideas related to Barack Obama:

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Key Symptoms of COVID-19: A Comprehensive Guide for Easy Identification

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COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has become a global pandemic, affecting millions worldwide. Understanding the clinical manifestations of COVID-19 is essential for timely diagnosis and appropriate management. This outline provides a detailed overview of the key symptoms associated with COVID-19, guiding healthcare professionals and individuals in recognizing and seeking medical attention when necessary.

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