Cuba's Future After Fidel's Passing Term Paper

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Cuba's Future After Fidel Castro

There are many schools of thought when considering the future of Cuba without its leader Fidel Castro. Many think that Cuba is on the cusp of greatness while others warn of coming doom. It can be difficult envisioning the true Cuba from an Americanized point-of-view. Many Americans cannot understand a socialist framework where everyone is treated equal because America is the land of unique opportunity and individualism. It can be said that in order to examine and predict Cuba's future without Castro, one must first look at Cuba's past and present. By looking at the Revolution of 1959 and what Cuba's holds for its people today, this paper will explore many "what if" scenarios. It is simple to conclude that a Cuba without Castro influences the status of the power authority directly. It seems that Cuba's political health has a direct relationship with the state of the economy and ability for its growth. Cuba's relationships with other countries are unpredictable and at times dependent in nature. The island's close proximity to the United States could very well in the future turn advantageous but in the past has proven unpredictable and static due to both countries current political views.

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It is difficult to say if this relationship will improve over time with or without Castro's leadership. In many ways his leadership has created a society very closed off from the western world. It has only been recently that Americans have seen a glimpse of Cuban culture and that glimpse has many opinions. According to Aviva Chomsky's The Cuba Reader, "Cuba is often perceived in starkly black and white terms" (par. 2) or flat and simple, devoid of passion. Does the regime set the standard of how outsiders view Cuba? Other perceptions of Cuban culture also eluded to in The Cuba Reader and other works cited paint a different portrait that of lush and vibrant expression. One thing remains clear is that a Cuba with or without Castro's leadership and legacy, is a Cuba slowly changing due to outside influence and its own need for cultural expression. The future of Cuba remains unpredictable, as does its economy, however, there is hope for possibility. Works.....

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