- Helpful terms, concepts, ideas for the week:

• Nationalism (eb) - general information
• The History of Latin America (eb) - nationalism in regional context
• U.S. leverage in Latin American affairs (eb)
• Short bio of Fidel Castro
• Short bio of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara
• The Spanish-American War Centennial Website
• José Martí (eb)
• The Castro Regime (eb) - including information on the Cuban Revolution of 1959
• Impact of the Cuban Revolution (eb)

The Republic of Cuba, 1902-58

• Over 20 images from The Che Guevara Page
• Fidel Castro in Havana, January 1959
• Fulgencio Batista
• Sierra Maestra, 1956-69
• Sugar in 1959
• Cuban travel poster, pre-1959

• Fidel Castro Speech Database - searchable database

• The War in Cuba

Fidel Castro

• Speeches by Fidel Castro (transcribed into readable text)
• Fidel Castro: Year One
• Transcript of Fidel Castro's Speech at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the U.N.

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