This island was once a clearing house for importing slaves in to the New World. It later on became one of the world’s few staying bastions of Marxism, proclaiming socio-economic equality. In both forms, Cuba has played a distinctive and dramatic part in American affairs. This presentation targets Cuba’s economic and cultural upheaval, with particular focus on how this has affected america.

The World’s Political Hotspots Series explains the foundation of conflicts in some from the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Several locations are in today’s headlines, and tensions lately have grown to be violent in virtually all of these. Each presentation covers up to ten generations of background, disclosing how and just why today’s problems take place.