Cuba's Impact in the Caribbean

Cuba's impact on global international relations has been dramatic particularly since, historically, few sovereign nations have been so subordinate to a dominant power as was Cuba to the United States prior to its successful revolution of 1959. The radical restructuring of its national society and economy in an adverse political global environment during the 1960s (as well as its current functional viability as a small nation-state with limited natural resources, but strong influence on the world stage) is hardly the result of accident or quixotic behaviour. Cuba's pursuit of specific domestic and foreign policies, and the elements which have contributed to a revolutionary path, are important factors in appreciating the Cuban dynamic. To isolate and analyse the causes of this success is a continuing effort; but certain broad observations and tentative deductions can be

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