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    particular country, which forced the Cuban residents to have permission to leave the island, as well as the reinforcement that if one leaves the country for a long time, they may not come back. This in effect for about five decades. Their president, Raul Castro had pledged to update their migration and soon, in 2016, President Barack Obama had stopped the rule and had allowed both U.S and Cuba to go to either of their countries as they wish. Another issue Cuba faces is poverty, in where at least 7 out

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    within Cuba. As a result of the conditions of the working class and due to the economic difference between the landowners, Batista’s leadership, and remainder of the population, civil unrest in Cuba began to increase. From 1953 to 1958 Fidel Castro, his brother Raul, Che Guevara and Frank Pais conducted guerrilla actions against Batista’s government and the military, which resulted in an eventual overthrow of the regime and thus Castro’s rise to power. During that time, Guevara extracted what he believed

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    No one is prepared for war and the most challenging decisions you will have to make to survive. Although each character in Refugee, by Alan Gratz, is from a different time and place, they each share similar hardships and challenges in their experiences, such as they were all forced from their homes, they all lose a family member, and their problems begin in their own country. All of the characters were forced from their home sometime during this book. Josef, a German Jew during WW2 had to leave

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    Inside the Cuban Culture When one thinks of Cuba, often a negative imagine comes to mind. This is no surprise, as most accounts of Cuba that we hear are horrible atrocities of the government of Cuba. As with most things in life, there is more than meets the eye with Cuba. At surface value, yes Cuba seems bad, but that is just because of the way the Cuban government and countless political struggles that the country has faced are portrayed. The Cuban people are actually a very proud people with a

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    Imagine being in downtown Havana, Cuba, a place whose people have few freedoms and you walk by a student proudly wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt. Che, a past dictator of Cuba, was a Marxist/atheist revolutionary rebel leader who rose up and defeated Batista in 1959. To a handful of Cubans, he is a hero and represents freedom. Che successfully established an authority over Cuba and remains, to this day, a symbol of rebellion for many. Che executed political enemies, burned bibles and church libraries

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    Figures like Fidel Castro and Che Guevara tend to be attributed with the Cuban Revolution. When looking at Celia Sanchez’s influence during the revolution. It is clear that without her help to provide arms to the revolution after the landing of Granma then Fidel’s Revolution

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    Brief Summary Between the years of 2003 and 2013, Ariel Castro held three young women, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Georgina Dejesus, captive. Over the course of the ten years, they were beaten, raped, and dehumanized in horrifying ways. The young women kept diaries that spoke of the violence that went on inside of Mr. Castro’s house. For example, the women wrote about how he forced them to be sexually active with him, locked in dark rooms for long periods of time with the anticipation of

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    Fidel Castro Influence

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    Fidel Castro is one of most famous communist dictators that ruled Cuba from 1959 to 2008 and made Cuba the first communist country in the Western hemisphere. Castro is most known for his time in power where the relations between Cuba and the U.S. were completely severed, which caused a complete trade embargo between the two countries and almost resulted in nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Some scholars believe that Castro always sought out good relations with the U.S, but it was through

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    about is Fidel Alejandro Castro. He was born August 13th 1926 and studied law at the university of Havana. He served as the prime minister of the republic of Cuba and then later became the president around 1976. In between this time he also served as a Cuban politician and revolutionary. Even before his years of presidency Fidel still proved to be a worthy leader participating in rebellions against governments in the Dominican Republic and Colombia. Fidel Castro first attempted to overthrow

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    The Mark Cuban Story

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    Mark Cuban The story behind Mr.Cuban is that he is a very wealthy man and he started out at a young age. He was born in a Jewish Family. His father worked as an automobile upholsterer. He attended Mount Lebanon High School. By the time he was in High School, he worked as a bartender, party promoter and disco dancing instructor. He has 3 children and is happily married. He is currently 59 years old. He lives in Dallas, Texas. He has a bachelor of arts/ science at Indiana University. Cuban cofounded

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