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What sequence of events lead to the US trade embargo of Cuba?

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US refineries refuse to process Soviet crude oil - Castro nationalises oil refineries - trade embargo imposed

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When does Castro pronounce himself a Marxist - Leninist?

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Nov 1961

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How do sugar yields change in the first years of the Cuban revolution? With what consequence?

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6.7m tonnes in 1961 - 3.8m tonnes in 1963

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When is the Communist party established as the sole political party of Cuba?

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1965

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When is the Cuban ‘revolutionary offensive’? Give a detail…

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1968 - 55,000 small businesses into public sector

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What does Castro acknowledge at the Communist Convention of 1975?

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Latin America was not on the brink of socialist transformation

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Which governments did Cuba establish ties with in its move away from guerrilla strategy

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Allende in Chile, Alvarado in Peru, Peron in Argentina

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Complete the Castro quote: ‘Cuba cannot export revolution…’

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‘Cuba cannot export revolution, nor can the US prevent it’

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How does trade between the west and Cuba change in 1970s?

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In mid-late 1970s the west comes to account for 41% of the Islands trade

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What was characteristic of the Cuba troops sent to Angola

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Mostly black or mulatto - emphasis on racial solidarity

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When and what is the Platt Ammendment?

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Cuba cannot sign treaties without US permission - 1901-1934

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How does Bolivia differ from Cuba, in a way Guevara doesn’t recognise?

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1952 agrarian reform

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How is the revolutionary movement in Uruguay different from Cuba

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Tupamaros - emphasis urban revolution over rural

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When is the Sandinista group founded and when does it take power

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Founded 1961, elected to power in 1979

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How does Castro describe the sugar harvest of 1970?

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‘A point of honour for this revolution, a yardstick by which to judge the capability of the Revolution’

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16
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Why is a micro faction expelled from the Cuban communist party and when?

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1968 - expelled for agreeing with ‘pseudo revolutionaries’ (USSR) that Cuban foreign policy was ‘adventurist’ and ‘unrealistic’

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What 6 factors does Perez - Stable say made Cuba susceptible to radical revolution

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Mediated sovereignty - Sugar Centred development - uneven modernisation - crisis of political authority - weakness of economic classes - strength of popular sectors

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When does Cuban rapprochement with USSR begin?

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1968

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Give six countries in which Cuba supported armed revolution in Latin America?

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Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, Bolivia

20
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What does Castro say in his ‘Second Declaration of Havana’ and when?

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‘It is the duty of every revolutionary to make revolution’ - 1962

21
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When is Allende elected in Chile?

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1970

22
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When did Che Guevara die?

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October 1967 - Bolivia

23
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Name the key economists under Castro, what posts do they fill? What do they call for?

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Felipe Bazos - National Bank Prsident

Regino - Economy minister

Call for agrarian reform, sugar industry modernisation, ISI and investment of domestic and state capital

24
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How much do wealthy Cubans contribute to revolution?

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5 - 10 million pesos

25
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Complete quote from Castro ‘workers are the…’

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‘Workers are the principal creators of wealth, not the capitalist in his comfortable Wall Street office… the revolution is yours and for you?’

26
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When and how does Castro announce he will not be holding elections?

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May 1960, announces it to a million Cubans who respond that the people had already voted and they had voted for Fidel

27
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Explain the idea of the ‘hombre nuevo’

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The new man motivated by collective advancement rather than personal gain - work becomes the route to this (ie 10m tonne harvest)

28
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How high is Cuba’s per capita income before revolution?

How does this compare to rest of Latin America and the US?

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$374 - 2nd highest in Latin America, but significantly below US level of $2000 ($1000 in Mississippi)

29
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What reduces m-c security pre- revolution?

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Fluctuating export economy, live within N. American cost of living index

30
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What proportion of Labour force in unemployment/underemployment pre revolution?
How many are entering the labour force each year?

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60%, 50,000 entering each year

31
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What proportion of farms control what proportion of land pre - rev?

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8% of farms control 75% of land

32
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Compare living conditions in the cuban countryside with the cities…

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9% of rural farms homes have electricity vs 87% in cities

15% of rural homes have running water vs. 80% in cities

33
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What does Arthur Schleisinger Jr. Say about Havana?

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‘One wondered how any cuban - on the basis of this evidence - could regard the united states with anything but hatred’

34
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When is the retrail of batista airforce pilots? What does fidel say?

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1959 - ‘revolutionary justice is based not on legal precepts but moral convictions’

35
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What proportion of cuban industry’s productive value was under state control by 1961?

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85%

36
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How many leave Cuba per year from 1960 - 62?

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65,000

37
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When is the Agrarian Reform Law?

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May 1959 - reduces real estate holdings to 1000 acres, except sugar, tin and livestock which are reduced to 3,333 acres

38
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How to compare actions of Grau government to those of Castro?

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1933 Grau government faces similar calls for radical change from below but baulks and collapses

39
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How many decrees, laws and edicts are passed in the first 9 months of the revolution?

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15000

40
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How do real wages increase after revolutionary reforms?

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Increase 15%

41
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Who protests reforms?

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Urban landlords, m-c small property owners, US business

42
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How big is CDR membership?

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800,000

43
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How many times does the state intervene in industrial disputes in first 18 months of revolution?

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200 times, usually on behalf of workers

44
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When is the Bay of Pigs?

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1961

45
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When is the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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1962

46
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When does the Organisation of American States vote to suspend Cuban membership?

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1962 - all except Mexico sever ties in 1964

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