Historical Understandings Latin America Historical Understandings

CUBAN REVOLUTION

The dictator of Cuba until 1959

Fulgencio Batista.

led a group of rebels against Batista’s government. Dictator in Cuba from 1959 to 2008

Fidel Castro

prominent communist figure in the Cuban Revolution (1956–59) who went on to become a guerrilla leader in South America. Executed by the Bolivian army in 1967, he has since been regarded as a martyred hero by generations of leftists worldwide. image remains a prevalent icon of leftist radicalism and anti-imperialism.

CHE GUEVARA

The plan was to arm Cuban exiles living in Florida. Once the exiles arrived in Cuba, unhappy Cubans would join them at the Bay of Pigs and overthrow Castro. Failed overthrown of Castro

Cuba: Bay of Pigs

In October of 1962, US planes spotted secret Soviet missile bases in Cuba. President Kennedy agreed not to invade Cuba and to remove US missiles from Turkey; in return, Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba.

Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban communist leader from 2008 till present

Raul Castro

1880-1919 poor mestizo sharecropper hero in the Mexican revolution of 1914-1915 demanded justice for the indigenous people of Mexico

Emiliano Zapata

sudden, unexpected acts carried about by groups that fight using “hit and run” tactics

Guerrilla Warfare?

1994—North American Free Trade Agreement came into effect & allowed free trade between US, Canada, & Mexico Some people in Mexico did not like this plan:

NAFTA North American Fair Trade Agreement