Post on 14-Apr-2017
U.S. – CUBAN RELATIONS INFORMATIVE SPEECH
(Jason Marks, CMST 240)INFORMATIVE SPEECH
(Jason Marks, CMST 240)
People, countries, and the world are always fluctuating!
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Catching The Wave
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One Person Up may be Another Person`s Down
1492 - The navigator Christopher Columbus claims Cuba for Spain.
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2000
1898 - US defeats Spain and takes control of Cuba
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2001
1925 - Socialist Party founded.
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2000
1959 - Castro over throws Batista
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2000
1961 – U.S. ends relations with Cuban and Bay of Pigs
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2000
1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2000
1991 – Cuba loses ally, due to collapse of USSR
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2000
U.S. - Cuban HistoryPrior to 2000
2000- Congress approves the sale of food and medicines to Cuba.
Current U.S. - Cuban Relations2000 to Today
2009- Cuba.US Congress votes to lift Bush Administration restrictions on Cuban
Current U.S. - Cuban Relations2000 to Today
2014- President Obama has pledged “cut loose the shackles of the past”
Current U.S. - Cuban Relations2000 to Today
December 2015- Baseball Brings U.S. and Cuba together
Current U.S. - Cuban Relations2000 to Today
May 2015- U.S. and Cuba exchange embassies, and Cuba is dropped from list of state sponsors of terrorism
Current U.S. - Cuban Relations2000 to Today
June 2015- More than 50,000 Americans visit Cuba in first half of 2015
Current U.S. - Cuban Relations2000 to Today
2016- U.S. approves business deal with to “provide goods and services to the Cuban people”
Future U.S. - Cuban RelationsToday – Into Hopeful Future
?2016-17-American Airlines hoping to begin operations in Cuba
March 2016-Rollings Stones to hold concert in Cuba
Spring 2016- Carnival Cruise Lines hopes to start operations in Cuba
2016-25- Coke, McDonald's, Hilton, General Motors, and many others all positioning to begin business in Cuba
Will You Be Next ?
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Catching The WaveThe Downside
SlideThe Upside RideThe Unknown Tide
Catching The WaveThe Upside Ride
New Economic and Cultural Opportunities In Cuba
Tourism in Cuba very appealing to Americans
American Companies earer to to business in Cuba
Art, Music, and Information will be Exchanged as well as Goods
Catching The Wave
New Economic and Cultural Opportunities In Cuba
Cuba is still has Open Relations with North Korea
Many Cuban Businesses are still State Operated
The Communist Castro`s are still in Power
The Downside Slide
Catching The Wave
New Economic and Cultural Opportunities In Cuba
How will Cubans Afford to Buy U.S. products
Small and Aging Population
Will Cuba Become Homogenized
The Unknown Tide
Catching The Wave
The Unknown Tide (Risk & Reward)The best predictor of the future is PREPARATION for
what is likely to happen next!
Example: I already know which color you will pick …and I can prove it
Now Go Catch The Wave…
Thank You!