Summary Of That Infernal Little Cuban Republic

The book That Infernal Little Cuban Republic, focuses on the relationship between both Cuba and the United States. A lot of the contention between Cuba and the United States stems from the American view that every country is in need of our assistance. The author details how American officials asserted themselves into Cuba and with their presence in most cases did more harm than good in reference to the Cuban population. The book highlights that the U.S. government supported many policies in Cuba that were undemocratic leading to their citizens suffering politically, economically, and socially. After Castro took power the relationship between the two governments suffered immediately. Tensions only got worse as Cuba and the Soviet Union became

This shows how when one has unrestricted access to other nations how we can overlook their shortcomings even at the expense of our own morals. The book also highlights the way the American government treated the Cubans in the same way they treated their own minority population. As a result of the thought process that the Blacks were bad, that affected many policies concerning the Cuban government. It is important to note that some time after Cuba gained its independence they had a high literacy rate, low infant mortality rate, relatively high income per capita. They were one of the leading countries in Latin America although compared to America their numbers were low. From the Cuban perspective most of the hostility towards America came as a result of knowledge that they exploit people and lands in order to enhance their own wealth. Cuba did not see themselves as needing help from people like the United

In my International Relations class, we discussed the tendency for countries to overlook things that are unacceptable in their own country but allow it to take place in countries they are associated with. An example is the China-U.S. relationship in reference to labor laws for both adults and children. In my classes focusing on international relations they tend to focus on each countries treatment of the minority population in both their own countries and surrounding countries. The minority population is often subject to discrimination, lack of access, brutality, and other such actions. This book also highlights how the U.S. treated the country that was filled with what they considered minorities. They treated the Cubans with a lack of care for their well-being as their treated their own minority populations. As discussed in class during this time if one was not White, they were automatically Black and treated as such. As highlighted in the previous section, under the rule of Batista the Cuban population suffered socially and economically because America granted unlimited access and did not want to mess up a “good