Objectives Of The Cuban RevolutionEssay Preview: Objectives Of The Cuban RevolutionReport this essayThe objectives of the Cuban revolution were made around the overall goal of improved life for the citizens. Although the objectives were not perfectly successful, the essence of each goal has been met in most cases.
The first objective was simple liberation, with Che Guevara claiming that this was the path to take if citizens wanted to live in an improved society. The hope for the new society spread as Cuba went through a second phase, practical socialism. To achieve this, land was equally divided; education and social reforms took place, and most importantly of all, urban workers were cooperating and dedicated to this new society. Goals of liberation and a new society were met because the majority of the citizens wanted a better life, and were willing to work hard to obtain it. The third phase Cuba went through was taking the Marxist idea for the national policy. That ended and Cuba went through a communist phase. All of this experimenting of Cuba is good because it helped Fidel Castro decide what was best for Cuba, or himself.
The objectives Castro had when he first controlled Cuba were to remove the American control of the economy and become less dependent on the U.S. Cuba expropriated U.S. investments without payment to turn the control back over to them. As a result, the U.S. hated the Castro regime. Cuba also nationalized the manufacturing industries, splitting the plantations into food producing, cattle-raising, and sugar/rice sections, all to break the Cuban reliance on its export crops and attempt “to achieve rapid industrialization in the hope of diversifying the economy”. The U.S. retaliated by reducing the sugar quota, and set a trade embargo until all of the money owed was paid. Without the American assurance of a sugar market, along with the fact that Cuba was relying mostly on those two export crops, the industry died. Cuba couldnt pull out of this hole and the industrialization projects failed because of the need for expertise and an existing
(…), the lack of financial support, the fact that the United States had to keep subsidizing all of their endeavors, and of course the Cuban government refused to have any real economic support whatsoever and the resulting economic decline that ensued. This also led to the U.S. being able to gain a foothold in Cuba after the Cuban leader had already moved from his homeland and into Nicaragua. When Fidel tried his hardest to get some kind of foreign support to help him to take off the American blockade he was in for short shrift from the Americans, but as time went by he quickly found a country willing to work with him, or get an investment and to help to him find a place in the U.S.A..
In 1980 he sent the Cuban Americans to take out some of the biggest names in the industry in the USA and to become more independent in their economic journey. The first step that led to Cuba’s independence was to have a public opinion poll on their work. Cuba then started to get involved in its own public sector work, one of the main things being developing, trading, banking and health care for people around the world, not just the Cubans. It was a good thing to see Cuba become a strong enough economic driver.
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President Yoweri Museveni then decided to do something to help Cuban’s economic growth. He proposed establishing a private oil company that would bring oil from abroad directly to the island.
He also introduced some kind of tax on oil, that would help to fund the development of other island industries in their own countries, such as agriculture, food and medicine. Cuba was being asked to come off oil in order to support other local industries too. They said that the cost wasn’t worth the benefits.
In 1994, US Ambassador to Cuba Robert M. Smith went out of his way to introduce a measure called the “National Development Assistance Act of 1994”, or NDA. This act was intended to provide a public mechanism for the development of businesses that were not in the U.S.A. Cuba was in a different place before this law was introduced.
“There are other ways to help and support Cuban businesses, as well as provide assistance that will help support Cubans to better manage their own social and economic conditions…”
“There is no single right way…”
With the advent of the internet, the people and companies are now able to provide a rich personal and financial experience, as well as be able to bring a new generation of Cubans a new way to express their interests.
Sebastian Belorre spent five years in the USA and is currently a professor of economics at Rutgers University. He holds a Master of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of Chicago and is currently a Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He has taught and developed in various industries and for over twenty years has been active in international trade, political, cultural and other sectors. From 2007 to 2010 Belorre served in the Presidential Counsel Office of the Cuban Government
His work on American Foreign Policy, including as the Executive Director of the Center for National Interest Research,[#8580] has been highly sought by the U.S. government, but has yet to be completed.
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You can read more about his research on the National Interest here.
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