Chile and Cuba relation to the United States
Describe the differences between Cuba and Chile in regards to the two nations’ histories. How was Cuba successful in staging a communist revolution? How was communism/socialism thwarted in Chile? Also, what was the significance of the Cuban Revolution in regards to the rest of Latin America, particularly in countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile? Cuba, for all practical purposes, remained a colony even after it’s independence from Spain. Cuba gained independence and then found itself under U. ... Cuba traded agricultural exports, such as sugar and tobacco, to the United States which provided a vital economy for its’ people. Cuba basically had only one trading partner and that was with the United States, not only did the United States have sole access to Cuba’s rich sugar market, but also took advantage of the local population and invested in the land. The United States controlled the sugar trade, and owned 75% of the means of sugar production in Cuba. Chile announced a proud heritage of democratic presidential elections with little conflict and seemingly smooth transitions of power from president to president. ... Chile’s relationship with the United States was not much different from Cuba, in that it received an incredible amount of foreign aid from the United States. This aid made Chile a serf of capitalism, and was always available for the praised Latin American Democracy, unless the Chilean government did something that the United States deemed unfavorable, such as the election of a Marxist president, Allende. Foreign aid from the United states was cut from $260. ... Cuba never developed a sense of nationally identity like Chile, but did want to see less U.