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Latin American studies. Unit 6: cuban revolution May 6, 2011. Blackboard configuration. Do Now: Grades/missing work check-in Objectives: To understand Cuba after 1959 and the United States ’ response To define and discuss counterinsurgency To work on the research paper Homework: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESUNIT 6: CUBAN REVOLUTIONMAY 6, 2011
BLACKBOARD CONFIGURATIONDo Now: Grades/missing work check-in
Objectives:1. To understand Cuba after 1959 and the United States’
response2. To define and discuss counterinsurgency3. To work on the research paper
Homework: • Cuban Revolution Quest on Monday• Rough draft of paper due 5/11
CUBAN REVOLUTION
LESSON 5: 1959 AND BEYOND
REVIEW FROM THE MOVIE—POP QUIZ!• What was the essential revolutionary virtue?
• What was Che’s condition for participating in the Cuban Revolution?
• How would you define “guerrilla warfare?” What was it like for the Cubans during the Revolution?
• What was the relationship between Che and Fidel like?
Purging of Indiscipline(Heroic Guerrilla)
Reveling inIndiscipline(Hippies/Jipis)
New Left’s Spectrum of Cultural Practices
1959: REVOLUTIONIZING THE GOVERNMENT• Batista fled Cuba 12/31/1958
• Guerrillas take Havana 1/1/1959
COMMUNIST OR NOT?• Che was never aligned with the communist party
• HOWEVER…• Beliefs in land reform and work against economic
imperiism Marxist base
• Alternative markets in Russia
• 1960: Castro’s trip to New York
ECONOMIC TENSIONCUBA AND RUSSIA• New market for
sugar
• Bought Russian oil
CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES• US embargo on
sugar
• Refusal to refine expropriated
1961: BAY OF PIGS INVASION• CIA trained anti-Castro Cuban exiles try to invade Cuba
• Soundly defeated
• Did not spark an internal rebellion
May 1961
1962: CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS• US spy planes photographed nuclear missile installations
under construction
• JFK’s ultimatum to the Russians• Withdraw or “else”
• Agreement between the US and the Soviets
What were the “Lessons” of the Cuban Revolution(for the Latin American Left)?
1. Revolution is possible
2. Peasantry as “soul & strength” of revolutionary movements
3. Revolution will be global
Counterinsurgency
“A combination of military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions carried on by a government in order to destroy any movement of subversive insurgency”
“Civic Action” Programs
“Programs of civic military action [aim at] trying to obtain the loyalty of the population toward the government, and at the same time, to undermine the roots of insurgency among the peasants.”
“Return toOrder!” (Revolverat the ready)
May 1965
SCHOOL OF LAS AMERICAS• Created in 1946 at the US-controlled Fort Amador in
Panama
• Officially became its name in 1963• Expanded
• Purpose of the school: To train individuals in counter-insurgency and military skills
“Day of theHeroic Guerrilla”(October 8th)
Distributed by the “OrganizationFor Solidarity with the Peoples ofAfrica, Asia and Latin America”(OSPAAAL); by Elena Serrano, (1968)
HOMEWORKQuest on MondayRough draft of paper due Friday