Analysis Of The Story Cuba - 1217 Words

The story of Cuba is a very interesting one. Most are familiar with it as a small island in the Caribbean. Those who have not been completely negligent over the last half a century have probably also heard the names Fidel Castro and Ernesto â€Å"Che† Guevara. These two men were very pivotal players in the history of Cuba and its revolution. Literary and cinematic reenactments are a great method for providing historical knowledge. However, they can be heavily biased and much of the factual evidence can be â€Å"silenced† throughout the films and novels. Cuba has always been a region of great interest due to its location in the Caribbean Sea. The nation resisted capitalism for over forty-five years and aside from North Korea, is the last to be†¦show more content†¦The issue in previous years was that the economy was placed low on the list of priorities. However, in the late ‘60s we see that steadying the economy became their main focus. Attempts at economi c diversification through industrializing the nation were made at the expense of the agricultural industry. This new push towards technology and modern machinery was consuming nearly a quarter of the national income. The government was caught between a rock and a hard place. It needed the sugar income to pay for expansion, but it had ignored agriculture which was their way to fund. Failure to put emphasis on agriculture led to the decline of sugar harvest in which their output dropped nearly in half over a couple years. Government at the time consisted of a small amount of state officials and administrators which held a monopoly over all major decisions affecting societal and economic issues. The bulk of the population had no voice in the decision-making process. Nor could they remove the officials from their positions. Fidel Castro, among other bureaucrats used the Communist Party to pursue their economic agendas. Anyone questioning their priorities was accused of being anti-revolu tionary. Cuba turned to the Soviet Union for their economic and political ideals. Socialism had failed to develop an economy capable of sustaining Cuba. There were problems with the Soviets, whom the Cubans did not always get along with. In 1968, nearly forty members of the Communist Party