POLS 303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Happy Planet Index, Infant Mortality, Authoritarianism
14 Mar 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Stylized facts brought to you by the cia: Conquest and exploitation: a tragic introduction to western imperialism. The cuban flip-flop: spain britain usa. 1902 and the treaty of paris: converted cuba into a space for the rich and powerful, built casinos, created an underclass of cubans, subordinate to the visiting elites. Batista: the (cid:862)killer of cu(cid:271)a(cid:863: more committed to securing safety for american/western visitors than to the welfare of his citizens, secured cuba as a playground for rich visitors, us puppet regime, the caribbean las vegas, military authoritarianism. Castro: the savior of santiago: launched guerilla campaign against the batista regime, (cid:862)flee, you fool! (cid:863, castro(cid:859)s (cid:858)maoist(cid:859) i(cid:374)surge(cid:374)(cid:272)y, bye, bye, batista. Nationalize, normalize, and chastise: oh what a wonderful revolution. The (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s (cid:373)ost (cid:373)alig(cid:374)ed regi(cid:373)e: operation mongoose, the bay of pigs and cmc: give it a rest already! Latin love: living la vida loca: cuba was the envy of latin america. Raul rocks havana: shaka, bang, bang, shaka, bang, bang: liberalization.
