Cuba
By: Noah Berlatsky, book editor
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780737763089; 9780737763096
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Central & South America; JUVENILE NONFICTION; Central & South America; History
Description: "Opposing Viewpoints: Cuba: Opposing Viewpoints is the leading source for libraries and classrooms in need of current-issue materials. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected sources and publications"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1. What is the state of Cuba?; title: 1. Cuba is moving toward capitalist economic liberalization / Ted Piccone; title: 2. Cuba is moving toward a more flexible socialism, not toward capitalism / Marce Cameron; title: 3. Cuba continues to violate human rights / Human Rights Watch; title: 4. Cuba's government works to advance health and education / Jonathan Glennie; title: 5. Cubans accept, adapt to their iron-hard lives / Frank Barnako; title: 6. Cubans do not accept their low standard of living / Amelia Rosenberg Weinreb.; title: ch. 2. What is Cuba's relationship with the world?; title: 1. Moscow-Havana ties worry US / Paul Richter; title: 2. Cuba's ties with Russia are not a danger to the United States / Evgenij Haperskij; title: 3. Where do revolutionary doctors come from? / Steve Brouwer; title: 4. Venezuelan aid has helped Cuba's economy / Marc Frank; title: 5. Many Venezuelans resent Cuban aid and influence / The Economist; title: 6. Canada should establish closer relations with Cuba / Peter McKenna; title: 7. Canada should focus on human rights in Cuba / John Geddes.; title: ch. 3. What is the relationship between Cuba policy and US domestic politics?; title: 1. Cuba is a security threat to the United States / James M. Roberts; title: 2. Don't lump Cuba with Iran on US terror list / Jeffrey Goldberg; title: 3. Cuban Americans may be moving away from the Republican Party / Alex Leary; title: 4. Cuban American voters continue to support Republican candidates / Benjamin G. Bishin, Casey A. Klofstad.; title: ch. 4. What should be the US policy toward Cuba?; title: 1. The United States must maintain the embargo against Cuba / Humberto Fontova; title: 2. VN supports UN call for end of embargo against Cuba / Vietnamese News Agency; title: 3. US policy toward Cuba is rooted in domestic politics / Ronald Sanders; title: 4. The United States should give Guantanamo Bay back to Cuba / Julia E. Sweig; title: 5. Beneath the US obsession with Cuba / George Friedman; title: 6. The trial of the Cuban Five was unjust / Amnesty International; title: 7. The imprisionment of the Cuban Five is just / Matt Lawrence, Thomas Van Hare.