ID's Fidel Castro and Cuba Revolution
Bay of Pigs
In April 1961, a group of Cuban exiles organized and supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency landed on the southern coast of Cuba in an effort to overthrow Fidel Castro. When the invasion ended in disaster, President Kennedy took full responsibility for the failure.
Operation Mongoose
A CIA operation backed by President Kennedy in 1961 that used covert operation against President Fidel Castro's government in Cuba in efforts to overthrow the communist government in Cuba.
Fulgencio Batista
A Cuban president, dictator, and military leader supported by the US, serving as leader until being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution. His corrupt and repressive regime systematically profited from the exploitation of cuba's commercial interests. As a result, Fidel Castro led guerrilla attacks to overthrow his rule.
JUCEPLAN
A committee that facilitated and advised Castro about crop deadlines and and when to harvest them for maximum economic product
National Association of Small Farmers Cuba
A government association that tried to manage privately-owned farms but failed because they couldn't efficiently organize and manage agriculture, and Castro often ignored the advice of JUCEPLAN
Cause of US Embargo
Cuba expropriated American oil refineries after the refiners refused to refine cheap crude oil by the Soviet union
Fidel Castro
Cuban revolutionary leader who overthrew the corrupt regime of the dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and soon after established a Communist state. He was prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and has been president of the government and First Secretary of the Communist Party since 1976.
Afrocuban
Cuban style, Afrco-cuban themes in music, painting, dance, literature. Armadeo Roldan is the leader of this movement. Afrocubans were Cubans of African decent that lived in Cuba.
Eisenhower view of Cuba
Eisenhower wanted relaxed and loose relations with Cuba. He wanted to think of it as a resort country where Americans could visit and enjoy themselves like the pre missile crises days
Kennedys view of Cuba
Kennedy wanted to take missiles out of Cuba and give a promise of not invading Cuba
Jose Marti
Led the fight for Cuba's independence from Spain from 1895 through the Spanish-American War
Marielitos
People who arrived from Cuba in the third wave of Cuban immigration, most specifically those forcibly deported by way of Mariel Harbor. the term is generally reserved for refugees seen as especially undesirable
INRA
The National Institute for Agrarian Reform or INRA was an agency of the Cuban Government that was formed to institute the Agrarian Reform Law of 1959
Sierra Maestra
The mountains that Fidel Castro ran into after his initial invasion of Cuba failed. Where Castro established his base when he returned to Cuba.
Marxism
The political, economic, and social theories of Karl Marx including the belief that the struggle between social classes is a major force in history and that there should eventually be a society in which there are no classes
New Man's Theory
Work shouldn't be done for personal reasons, but rather for the benefit of the society as a whole. Forced men to not stay at home and be lazy but rather go out and work for the betterment of society as a whole. Enabled women to have greater equality in the workforce.
