... -archaeological articles about Inca and Maya ruins. He reached Guatemala during the socialist Arbenz presidency; although he was by now a Marxist, well read in Lenin, he refused to join the Communist Party, though this meant losing the chance of government medical appointment, and he was penniless and in rags. He lived with Hilda Gadea, a Marxist of Indian stock who forwarded his political ... nurseries, sports programs and children's hospitals. Her work for children came from the belief that, "The country which forgets its children renounces its future."" Che's intransigence towards bot...

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... , etc. Cuba is currently governed under a constitution adopted in 1976, as subsequently amended. There is a socialist ideology in which all power belongs to the working class. The Communist Party is Cuba's only legal political party. The Cuban gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 34.8% between 1989 and 1993. Since 1994, the country has managed to increase the GDP slowly, but steadily. Cuban economy ... , Castro set up a revolutionary force called the 26th of July Revolutionary Movement and eventually overthrew Bastista. By 1959, Castro entered Havana and assumed power. The United Sta...

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... to declare war on Mexico. In the Senate, Polk was able to obtain permission to declare war on Mexico despite objections from the Whig Party. In a speech before Congress, Polk declared that Mexico had invaded US territory and was solely to blame for the current war, which was ... the United Fruit Corporation. United Fruit Corporation, which had powerful leverage in over politicians in Washington, branded Arbenz (which was not true) as a communist and informed President Eisenhower of Arbenz's intentions. In response to the report by United Fruit and Arbenz's acceptance of a 1900 ton shipmen...

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... been influenced and put under pressure by Russian military advisors. Khrushchev was born into a middle class family and spent his early days working as a Shepard and locksmith. He joined the communist party in 1918 and served under Stalin before his promotion to Premier in 1958. Khrushchev focused on raising the standard of living in Russia and was a man of peace, not a risk ... was transferred to an obscure post in military school (L.Comelades, 1998, p227). The Cuban Missile Crisis was definitely not a positive addition to Khrushchev's reputation in Russia, and among the other Communis...

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... either trying to get a better life and escape poverty, or to escape the socialist dictatorship that Cuba is currently run under. Some people argue that the reason Cuba is still a communist country is because many of the radicals who would overthrow Castro are here in America. In the years following the 1959 revolution, several hundred thousand Cubans fled the island. This ... , naturalists, and recreationalists and their organizations. While these wouldn't be anti-government or dissident in any way, these are not official in being sponsored by neither the government nor the Communist Par...

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