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Title: Trotskyism and the Cuban revolution: An answer to Hoy.
Creator: Hansen, Joseph
Date Issued: 1962
Identifier: 370374, CFDT370374, ucf:5487
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/370374

Title: The crime against Cuba.
Creator: Lamont, Corliss
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 1927056, CFDT1927056, ucf:4809
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927056

Title: The theory of the Cuban Revolution.
Creator: Hansen, Joseph
Date Issued: 1962
Identifier: 671337, CFDT671337, ucf:5552
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/671337

Title: Fidel Castro speaks on Marxism-Leninism: Dec. 2, 1961.
Creator: Castro, Fidel
Date Issued: 1962
Identifier: 2683392, CFDT2683392, ucf:5073
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683392

Title: Who fights for a free Cuba?.
Creator: Kaye, Martin, Perry, Louise
Date Issued: 1933
Identifier: 363430, CFDT363430, ucf:5325
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363430

Title: History will absolve me.
Creator: Castro, Fidel
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 677395, CFDT677395, ucf:5600
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/677395

Title: Rifle rule in Cuba.
Creator: Beals, Carleton, Odets, Clifford, Provisional Committee for Cuba
Date Issued: 1935
Identifier: 886194, CFDT886194, ucf:5605
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/886194

Title: Speaking with the Orishas: Divination and Propitiation in the Lukumi Religion.
Creator: Marrero, Kristi, Howard, Rosalyn, Matejowsky, Ty, Reyes-Foster, Beatriz, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The Lucum(&)#237; religion was born in Cuba from African and European religious systems. The enslaved Yoruba were brought to the New World through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. They were taken from their homes, family, language, and religion and brought to countries like Cuba to provide free labor to growing agricultural markets that benefited European colonizers of the Americas. The Yoruba would hold on to their religion, but in order to keep it alive, they would have to make it into a new...
Show moreThe Lucum(&)#237; religion was born in Cuba from African and European religious systems. The enslaved Yoruba were brought to the New World through the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. They were taken from their homes, family, language, and religion and brought to countries like Cuba to provide free labor to growing agricultural markets that benefited European colonizers of the Americas. The Yoruba would hold on to their religion, but in order to keep it alive, they would have to make it into a new religion. This new religion would become the religion known as Lucum(&)#237;. In Cuba, Lucum(&)#237; practitioners would hide their religion beneath the fa(&)#231;ade of Catholicism. The orishas were associated with Catholic saints with similar attributes. The orisha Chang(&)#243;, who governs war and presides over lightning, became associated with Saint Barbara who is the patron saint of artillerymen and is linked to lightning. The Yoruba could be seen praying to a saint but were actually praying to an orisha. This practice became ingrained as a part of Lucum(&)#237; tradition. Divination and propitiation are at the center of the Lucum(&)#237; religion. Divination determines the course of a practitioner's life and can reveal whether practitioners are in a good or bad position in their lives. Propitiation will ensure that good fortune will remain or that bad omens will disappear.
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Date Issued: 2014
Identifier: CFE0005526, ucf:50325
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0005526

Title: Fidel Castro denounces bureaucracy and sectarianism: Speech of March 26, 1962.
Creator: Castro, Fidel
Date Issued: 1962
Identifier: 363249, CFDT363249, ucf:5276
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/363249

Title: CUBA'S DEEPWATER DRILLING OPERATIONS: UNITED STATES RELATIONS, LEGALITIES, AND FUTURE.
Creator: Walker, Olivia, Naccarato-Fromang, Gina, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: After the calamitous and environmentally devastating occurrence of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the sobering realities of the United States' failure to successfully protect its ocean waters have caused several modifications in policy, legislation, and overall direction ofthe entire nation. Although there has been a general shift towards ecological safety and away from the pursuit to drill, oil-drilling explorations have continued to take place in...
Show moreAfter the calamitous and environmentally devastating occurrence of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, the sobering realities of the United States' failure to successfully protect its ocean waters have caused several modifications in policy, legislation, and overall direction ofthe entire nation. Although there has been a general shift towards ecological safety and away from the pursuit to drill, oil-drilling explorations have continued to take place in international waters. This research will focus on the future operations of Repsol YPF, S.A., a Spanish oil company stationed in Cuba, whose drilling ambitions have caused a myriad of problems for the United States. The intent of this paper is to investigate the legalities surrounding Cuba's forthcoming deepwater oil drilling plan within the Florida Straights and how the existing relations between Cuba and the United States will shape the outcome. The majority of United States officials, senators, and policymakers are experiencing a great deal of anxiety and apprehension as Cuba's oil drilling plan continues to solidify. Recent changes in legislation and congressional opinion display the United States' overall objective to shape the manner in which the drilling operations will be carried out. This thesis will ultimately explore what progress the United States has made thus far in the sector of dialogue with Cuban officials, the various options the United States could seek in regards to taking part in the drilling operations that will soon commence in Cuba, and the current risks involved with the entirety of the drilling endeavor.
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Date Issued: 2012
Identifier: CFH0004232, ucf:44956
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004232

Title: A HISTORICAL VIEW OF CUBAN IMMIGRATION POLICY.
Creator: Castro, Sarah, Naccarato-Fromang, Gina, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Cuba is a communist country an estimated population of 11,075,244(2013), Cuba is located about ninety-three miles south of Key West, Florida. Cuba has been ruled by the communist regime of Fidel Castro, and now his younger brother Raul Castro. For over fifty years this regime has forced a major increase in the amount of people migrating to the United States. The regime has been disregarding basic human rights for decades and oppressing Cuba's citizens. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have...
Show moreCuba is a communist country an estimated population of 11,075,244(2013), Cuba is located about ninety-three miles south of Key West, Florida. Cuba has been ruled by the communist regime of Fidel Castro, and now his younger brother Raul Castro. For over fifty years this regime has forced a major increase in the amount of people migrating to the United States. The regime has been disregarding basic human rights for decades and oppressing Cuba's citizens. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have come to the United States using boats, rafts, or any means available. The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 (amended in 1994 to contain the Wet Foot, Dry Foot Policy) states that if Cubans trying to reach the United States are intercepted at sea, they will be sent back to Cuba, or a third country. If they make it to United States soil, they will have the chance to start the journey to becoming citizens of the United States. Many Cubans die at sea trying to reach the United States for this chance at citizenship. There have been attempts to implement immigration policy in the past. President Obama is now trying to reform current immigration laws. What effects could a new immigration policy have on Cuban immigration versus the legislation put forth in the past? This study will be an examination and analysis of past and Cuban immigration policy and issues. This research paper utilizes government websites, news articles, presidential addresses, books and various sources to address this question. My hope is that this study will help to explain the impact past policies and reform had on Cuban immigration, and the impact proposed policy and current issues may have in the future.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: CFH0004517, ucf:45215
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004517

Title: Formaci(&)#243;n de la conciencia identitaria cubana como v(&)#237;a a la independencia del colonialismo espa(&)#241;ol en el epistolario de F(&)#233;lix Varela Morales (1823-1850).
Creator: Rodriguez, Fidel, Lopez, Humberto, Fernandez-Rubiera, Francisco, Fernandez, Jose, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: The epistolary, as a literary genre, obtains greater value when it surpasses personal limits to reach a collective dimension. Further, if this epistolary belongs to a personality of historical and literary projection, its transcendence is even greater, as it transmits ideas and principles that mark an epoch and a social, political and cultural community. When the message it transmits spreads and reaches many, influencing the consciousness of those who receive it, its impact is undeniable....
Show moreThe epistolary, as a literary genre, obtains greater value when it surpasses personal limits to reach a collective dimension. Further, if this epistolary belongs to a personality of historical and literary projection, its transcendence is even greater, as it transmits ideas and principles that mark an epoch and a social, political and cultural community. When the message it transmits spreads and reaches many, influencing the consciousness of those who receive it, its impact is undeniable. Referring to F(&)#233;lix Varela Morales (1788-1853), Jos(&)#233; de la Luz y Caballero said (")As long as we think about the land of Cuba, we will think about who taught us first to think,(") words that allow us to understand this person's importance and relevance.Varela Morales was a priest, philosopher, educator, journalist, and a Cuban writer; he was a promoter of the island's independence and of its national identity. His epistolary is a valuable and significant testimony from which it is possible to know and validate a long and prolific trajectory that goes through several years of the intellectual and political history of Cuba. This thesis will present, supported by the theories of Homi Bhabha about identity and the communicative action of J(&)#252;rgen Habermas, how the correspondence and the literary works of F(&)#233;lix Varela reflect the seeds of the formation of a Cuban identity as a basis of true independence from Spanish colonialism without, paradoxically, rejecting its colonial heritage.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: CFE0007855, ucf:52789
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007855

Title: Orisa Tradtion, the Catholic Church, and the Construction of Black Identity in 19th Century Brazil and Cuba.
Creator: Sellers, Allison, Martinez Fernandez, Luis, Pineda, Yovanna, Walker, Ezekiel, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: This thesis compares the role of the hybridized religious traditions Candombl(&)#233; and Santer(&)#237;a in the construction of identity for people of color in Brazil and Cuba in the 19th century. In particular, it focuses on the development of these traditions within Catholic confraternities and contrasts the use of ethnic and religious categories within them to define (")African-ness(") and (")blackness(") as Brazil and Cuba transitioned from slaveholding colonies to post-abolition nation...
Show moreThis thesis compares the role of the hybridized religious traditions Candombl(&)#233; and Santer(&)#237;a in the construction of identity for people of color in Brazil and Cuba in the 19th century. In particular, it focuses on the development of these traditions within Catholic confraternities and contrasts the use of ethnic and religious categories within them to define (")African-ness(") and (")blackness(") as Brazil and Cuba transitioned from slaveholding colonies to post-abolition nation-states. This comparison is illustrated through the examination of each colony's slave trade and the nature of slavery as it was practiced within them; the analysis of the structure of Ibero-American Catholic practice and the diverse forms of religious expression which resulted from its interaction with Yor(&)#249;b(&)#225; (&)#242;r(&)#236;s(&)#224; worship; comparing each colony's independence and abolition movements and the racial tensions which followed; and contrasting the Brazilian and Cuban hierarchies of color, including the variety of mechanisms that both the enslaved and free people of color employed to navigate the multi-racial societies in which they lived.
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Date Issued: 2013
Identifier: CFE0004935, ucf:49639
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004935

Title: Cuba versus CIA.
Creator: Light, Robert E., Marzani, Carl
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 2683735, CFDT2683735, ucf:5122
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2683735

Title: THE BAY OF PIGS INVASIONA CASE STUDY IN FOREIGN POLICY DECISION-MAKING.
Creator: Murgado, Amaury, Houghton, David Patrick, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Policy makers have long recognized the importance of considering past experience, history, and the use of Analogical reasoning when making policy decisions. When elite political actors face foreign policy crises, they often use their past experience, refer to history, and use Analogical reasoning to help them frame their decisions. In the case of the ill-fated invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, the use of Analogical reasoning revolving around past covert successes may have created an...
Show morePolicy makers have long recognized the importance of considering past experience, history, and the use of Analogical reasoning when making policy decisions. When elite political actors face foreign policy crises, they often use their past experience, refer to history, and use Analogical reasoning to help them frame their decisions. In the case of the ill-fated invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs, the use of Analogical reasoning revolving around past covert successes may have created an environment for faulty foreign policy decision-making. Former members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) filled the ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and held key positions within the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations. OSS success with guerrilla warfare, sabotage, and intelligence gathering during World War II, coupled with early CIA covert successes (specifically in Guatemala), may have led President Kennedy to make the wrong policy decisions with regard to dealing with Fidel Castro and Cuba. This research explores the use of Analogical reasoning during the decision-making process by way of process-tracing. Process-tracing attempts to identify the intervening processes between an independent variable (or variables) and the outcome of the dependent variable. We look at six critical junctures and compare how Groupthink, the Bureaucratic Politics Model, and Analogical reasoning approaches help explain any causal mechanisms. The findings suggest that Analogical reasoning may have played a more significant role in President Kennedy's final decision to invade Cuba than previously thought. The findings further suggest that by using the Analogical reasoning approach, our understanding of President Kennedy's foreign policy in Cuba is enhanced when compared to the Groupthink and Bureaucratic Politics Model approaches emphasized in past research.
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Date Issued: 2009
Identifier: CFE0002522, ucf:47636
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002522

Title: Album of Florida & West Indies hotels.
Creator: Davis & Campbell (Miami Beach, Fla.), PALMM (Project)
Abstract / Description: Provides photographic views, with accompanying text, of hotel exteriors and interiors, including lobbies, dining rooms, beaches, pools, golf courses, parks, etc. Two airlines are also mentionned. Rate book contains an index, brief profiles of the cities and many advertisements for local businesses.
Date Issued: 1938
Identifier: AAA6242QF00004/30/200312/30/200321877BfamIa D0QF, ONICF150- 10, FHP C CF 2003-04-30, FCLA url 20031224xOCLC, 53965980, CF00001593, 2568626, ucf:12300
Format: E-book
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/fhp/CF00001593.jpg

Title: In defense of the Cuban revolution: An answer to the State Department and Theodore Draper.
Creator: Hansen, Joseph
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 1927462, CFDT1927462, ucf:4845
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/1927462

Title: The Cuban episode and the American press: April 9-23, 1961.
Creator: Mintz, Norbert L
Date Issued: 1961
Identifier: 2660249, CFDT2660249, ucf:4972
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2660249

Title: TO BE MAGIC: THE ART OF ANA MENDIETA THROUGH AND ECOFEMINIST LENS.
Creator: Baker, Elizabeth Ann, Mendoza, Ilenia Colon, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-born American artist whose unique body of work incorporated performance, activism, Earth art, installation, and the Afro-Cuban practices of Santer�a. She began her career at the University of Iowa, were she initially received her degree in painting in 1969. It was not until 1972 that Mendieta shifted radically to performance art. Though she was raised Catholic, she developed an interest in the rituals involved with Santer�a, a culturally predominant Cuban religion,...
Show moreAna Mendieta was a Cuban-born American artist whose unique body of work incorporated performance, activism, Earth art, installation, and the Afro-Cuban practices of Santer�a. She began her career at the University of Iowa, were she initially received her degree in painting in 1969. It was not until 1972 that Mendieta shifted radically to performance art. Though she was raised Catholic, she developed an interest in the rituals involved with Santer�a, a culturally predominant Cuban religion, and it deeply influenced her work in her choice of materials and settings. Santer�a is one of the major faith-based lifestyles of Cuba and is characterized by a synthesis of Afro-Cuban and Catholic characteristics, along with its own unique teachings and rituals. Also a prominent theme in Mendieta�s work was her sense of displacement and her insatiable desire to reconcile her Cuban heritage, which she attempts to resolve, not only through her art, but also during several trips to Cuba. Greater still in its contribution of influence to Mendieta�s work was the ecofeminist movement which amalgamated elements of the feminist and environmental movements; Ecofeminism�s emergence in the United States coincided with the rise of Mendieta�s career during the 1970�s. The movement focused on the correlation between the oppression, degradation, and exploitation of women and the oppression, degradation, and exploitation of the Earth. This thesis examines the life of Ana Mendieta and analyzes how her works may be viewed in an ecofeminist context. It analyzes how Mendieta�s work acts as a reflection of her cultural, social, and political reality and discusses ways in which characteristics of Santer�a and ecofeminism as a discourse influenced the imagery and symbolism used in Mendieta�s artwork throughout her brief career. Formal analysis of Mendieta�s artwork and contextual and historical analysis of Mendieta�s life, the ecofeminist discourse, and Afro-Cuban spirituality are explored in this research.
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Date Issued: 2016
Identifier: CFH2000003, ucf:45571
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000003

Title: The Natural Exile: A Study Of Twenty-First Century Cuban-American Narratives Focusing On The Elderly's Plight.
Creator: Parson, Jasmine, Milanes, Cecilia, Nwakanma, Obi, Logan, Lisa, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description: Developed from the similarity between exile theory and age studies, the term (")exile(") is expanded to a natural form of exile because of the shocking temporal shift that reconstructs social interaction, familial dynamics, and the aging body. Using Heidegger's theoretical work Being in Time, Simon de Beauvoir's The Coming of Age, and Jean Am(&)#233;ry's On Aging as insight, this literary analysis captures how the elderly protagonists Goyo from Cristina Garc(&)#237;a's King of Cuba, M(&)#225...
Show moreDeveloped from the similarity between exile theory and age studies, the term (")exile(") is expanded to a natural form of exile because of the shocking temporal shift that reconstructs social interaction, familial dynamics, and the aging body. Using Heidegger's theoretical work Being in Time, Simon de Beauvoir's The Coming of Age, and Jean Am(&)#233;ry's On Aging as insight, this literary analysis captures how the elderly protagonists Goyo from Cristina Garc(&)#237;a's King of Cuba, M(&)#225;ximo from Ana Men(&)#233;ndez's (")In Cuba I was a German Shepherd,(") and Soledad from Cecilia Rodr(&)#237;guez Milan(&)#233;s's (")Abuela Marielita(") experience a natural exile among society, their family and within their own body. These areas express how the elderly's sense of displacement equates that of a political/geographical exile.
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Date Issued: 2019
Identifier: CFE0007701, ucf:52432
Format: Document (PDF)
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007701

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