Essays on Cuban Revolution

Intro Che Guevara, the cuban revolutionary, has one of the strongest and endearing legacies seen in today’s world. Representing freedom of individual expression and epitomising the power of revolutionary struggle, Che Guevara symbolises many different ideals and ideas to many different peoples and cultures. Che’s image however has come to represent differentiating ideals and roles...

In “Goodbye Mother” written by Reinaldo Arenas, the Cuban Revolution was taking place and it shows the fall of the Cuban government. This story consists of 6 characters: the mother, the four sisters and a brother that narrates the story. The mother who died in the story represents the country of Cuba. The four sisters...

The aftermath following the death of former Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2016 was met with mixed reactions. While President-elect Donald Trump celebrated Castro’s death, calling him “a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for nearly six decades,” Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, had a drastically different opinion. He wrote that “while...