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Dr. John LinantudStudy Abroad - Cuba13-23 May 2016 RecapAugust 2016

Left to Right: Mustafa Nyallay, Seanna Harrington, John Linantud, Michael Martin, Othon Rodriguez, Reginald White, Dawit Zewde, Sarah Garcia, Alec Beatty (Macalester College), Sara Arache, Brenda Garcia, Blake Cedillo, Paula Cano, Jacob Detiveaux, Freddy Sosa

Jose MartiAnti-

Imperialism Plaza

Havana

Miami - Havana1 Hour

Population 313 millionEthnic Cuban 1.6 million (US Statistical Abstract 2012)

Population 11 millionNegative 5% annual immigration rate 1960-2005 (Human Development Report 2009)

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Sierra Maestra Mountains• Granma Lands 1956• Fidel Castro leads Guerilla

War 1956-8

Escambray Mountains• Anti-Batista Guerillas 1957-8• Anti-Castro Guerillas 1960-5

2. Playa Giron - Bay of Pigs Invasion 1961

3. Santa Clara Guerilla Victory December 1958

Guantanamo BayU.S. Naval Base 1903-

4. Playas del Este

Guerilla Victory March to Havana

UHD Study Abroad – CubaPrimary Locales

1. Havana - National Capital

Santiago

Spanish 2301: Intermediate SpanishDr. Paul Mandell (Group Leader)

Mosaic ArtHavana

Psychology 4306: Theories of PersonalityDr. Susan Henney

Che Guevara MausoleumSanta Clara

Political Science 4390: Heritage Politics in CubaDr. John Linantud

Blockade: The Greatest Genocide in HistoryHavana


Corner of the CretinsMuseo de Revolucion

Havana


Health Care ProfessionalHotel Playa Giron


Street GraffitiHavana

Reality Check-Who Cares about Cuba?

<Monroe Doctrine>1823

World War IIAmerican Convoy Routes1940-45

Cuba

New Orleans

Panama Canal

CUBA

Venezuela

Second World War-German Submarine Attacks-Cuba under American Military Control

1940-45

<Cuban Missile Crisis 1962>

Worst Case Scenario Comes True Cuba Becomes a Platform for Enemy Attack

Houston

UHD Students Should Enroll in the Spring 2018 Program

Eligible courses to be listed in Fall 2017

QUESTIONS?

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