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Struggle for democracy and human rights in Cuba - the role of dissidents and non-governmental organisations
Hrušková, Magdaléna ; Krausz Hladká, Malvína (advisor) ; Machart, Filip (referee)
The Bachelor Thesis "Struggle for democracy and human rights in Cuba - the role of dissidents and non-governmental organizations" concerns a role of dissident movement in a possible democratic transition. Firstly, the paper analyses the development of theories of democratization with detailed focus on the role of ordinary people and on the enforcement of civil movement by non-governmental organizations based on studies from Ackerman, Karatnycky, Welzel and Inglehart. Regarding Cuban dissident movement, on which the thesis focuses as an instrumental study, it examines every important part and challenge that the movement is obliged to face in order to become a mass movement. Moreover, the further parts concentrate on international democratic promotion, more specifically, on the American embargo, as an example of economic sanctions, and on the Cuban projects of two particular NGOs, as an example of diplomatic pressure towards wider respect of human rights and as an example of the strengthening process of civil movement. In the conclusion, the thesis discusses possible catalyzers of democratic change in Cuba, including the role of dissident movement, reinforced by projects of NGOs, as a crucial player in possible process of democratization.
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The American Foreign Policy towards Cuba between 1959 and 1963: Causes, Manifestations and Consequences
Chocholová, Anna ; Anděl, Petr (advisor) ; Mikulík, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the American foreign policy towards Cuba in the period between the Cuban Revolution and the death of the U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963. It aims to answer the question why did the United States choose an aggressive policy towards the new Cuban regime, what were the results of their strategy, whether a more accommodating attitude would have potentially represented a better solution, and whether considering the circumstances the U.S. could have adopted such an attitude. It analyzes individual events and aspects of this period, led by the Bay of Pigs invasion, in order to find out how much influence did the United States have on Fidel Castro's turn to Communism and the Soviet Union, and whether they were partly responsible for triggering the Cuban missile crisis. The author comes to the conclusion that the American foreign policy towards Cuba between 1959 and 1963 was ill-chosen, because it was not only unable to obtain its main goal of overthrowing Fidel Castro, but also forced the Cuban regime to radicalise and closely cooperate with the Soviet Union. At the same time, she argues that the enforcement and implementation of a more accommodating policy, which probably would have in the end benefited both countries, represented a very difficult task for the U.S....
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Czechoslovak/ Czech - Cuban relations from 1959
Krýsl, Ondřej ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Buben, Radek (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the dynamics of relations between Czechoslovakia (later the Czech Republic) and Cuba, which despite considerable geographical distance and not big economic importance of countries in global scale, occupy the central place in their foreign policies after 1960. The center of the author's particular interest will be the analysis of the role of Czechoslovakia in relations between Cuba and the Eastern bloc and consequently role of the Czech Republic in the relations of Cuba and the European Union. Author will work with Czech and foreign secondary literature. Given the state of research on the topic will be the sub-issues conducted interviews with selected personalities relevant for these issues.
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Slavery in Works of the 1st Half of the 19th Century Cuban Authors
Zelmat, Martina ; Opatrný, Josef (advisor) ; Křížová, Markéta (referee)
This thesis consists of an analysis of the works of two Cuban authors of the first half of the 19th Century, Francisco de Arango y Parreño and José Antonio Saco. This paper focuses on their works, mainly on those that discuss the topic of slavery. The first chapter introduces the evolution of slavery and its end throughout the Word and in Cuba, focusing on the development of the Cuban society in the 19th century, in which both of the authors lived and created. The second chapter analyses the works of Francisco de Arango y Parreño, his gradual development of ideas and views on the subject in connection with historical events that influenced his works. The third chapter is comprised of similar analysis of José Antonio Saco's works. The conclusion compares the works of both authors and highlights the points in which their views coincide or diverge. Key words: Francisco de Arango y Parreño, José Antonio Saco, slavery, slave trade, abolitionism, sugarcane, Cuba, 1st half of the 19th cent.
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In Quest of freedom. Reinaldo Arenas and his novel The doorman
Procházková, Barbora ; Housková, Anna (advisor) ; Poláková, Dora (referee)
IN QUEST OF FREEDOM. REINALDO ARENAS AND HIS NOVEL THE DOORMAN Abstract The subject of this thesis is to analyse the novel The Doorman (El portero) by Cuban writer Reinaldo Arenas and to situate it in the context of the author's life. This work focuses on the part of life of Arenas which he spent exiled in the United States of America. When writing the novel The Doorman, Arenas draws from his own experiences and observations of phenomena in the North American society. At the same time, in this novel appears the motif of seeking freedom and also the theme of escape from the environment of oppression, which are very characteristic themes of Arenas. Key words: Reinaldo Arenas, Cuba, exile, the USA, The Doorman, freedom
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The Reprezentation of Selected Socialist and Communist Countries in the Czech Press in 2010
Javůrek, Karel ; Nečas, Vlastimil (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
Theme of this diploma work are news related to selected socialist and communist countries in the Czech press. Characteristic works are the specifics of media countries with the socialist (or communist) government in the Czech press. Theoretical work is beyond theory Frankfurt and Birmingham schools. The basis of the analysis work will stereotypes concerning the socialist and communist countries, the Czech news media contents. The findings will then be the basis for in-depth interviews with the news media workers and the staff representative bodies of the countries. The goal is to reveal the motives and the construction of stereotypes at the production of media content.
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Cuba, The United States of America, media, Granma, The Washington Post, Cuban-American relations, ideology
Kadlecová, Gabriela ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (advisor) ; Šmíd, Milan (referee)
This bachelor thesis compares how American media, particularly The Washington Post, informed about important world events with the information published in the Cuban daily newspaper Granma. Observed time range is June 21 to July 21 2009. The Cuban daily newspaper Granma comes out worse in this comparison because ideology of the Cuban Communist Party is clear in the majority of its articles. Even tough the newspaper regularly published articles not burdened by ideology, for example about sports or culture, in many texts that appeared in the political section in the followed period, ideology was clear and they were not written in an objective way. Most tinted articles were published in connection with the "Cuban Five" and the coup d'état in Honduras. However, neither was The Washington Post fully objective: too much space was dedicated to some topics, which proves for example the death of Michael Jackson. A similar case represents the economic situation, to which even several articles a day were dedicated. In addition, it obviously gave priority to the United States of America and overlooked events in the rest of the world.
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Discussion on US sanctions against Cuba at the U.N. General Assembly
Šplíchalová, Eva ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Machoň, Miloslav (referee)
The United States imposed the longest lasting sanction regime on Cuba in 1960 as a result of strained relations in recent years. Each US administration modified form of the sanctions regime, depending on the attitude toward the Cuban issue. General Assembly, the highest authority of the UN, adopts not legally binding but politically significant resolutions. Resolution condemning US sanctions regime has been adopted annually since 1992. Discussion on changes of the sanction regime in the General Assembly is a sign of reflection on current events and unrigid process of resolutions adoption. The main purpose is to determine whether the changes of the sanction regime were mentioned in the discussions on the adoption of the resolutions. The result of the analysis shows the reflection of the events in the speeches of ambassadors. The amount of mentioned events in speeches depends whether they were positive or negative step toward easing the embargo, and also how important the event was.
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U.S. Foreign Policy towards Cuba
Kolčavová, Barbora
The thesis is analysing the mutual relations of the United States and Cuba, and encapsulate the political development of Cuba as well as U.S., and the changes of the foreign policy of the United States towards Cuba, since 1898. The focus of the thesis is on how the U.S. foreign policy influenced the development of Cuba, the factors that have contributed to the shaping of Cuba-U.S. relations and the main historical events and laws that occurred between two countries. The differences between foreign policies of the American presidents and the policy of containment of communism will be taken into account, as well as the position of Cuban Americans in U.S. and public opinion on the U.S.-Cuba relations. The conclusion of the work will contain the discussion of an obtained results.
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Importance of the European members of the CMEA for Foreign Trade of Czechoslovakia in the seventies of the 20th century.
Němeček, Michal ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Dufek, Pavel (referee)
The thesis analyzes the influence of non-european members of the CMEA, who came in the seventies, on foreign trade Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. It starts with brief characteristics of foreign trade and periodization of the development of Comecon organization. It also mentions the characteristics of foreign trade of Czechoslovakia in the 70s of the 20th century. Then focuses on the analysis of statistical data on foreign trade between Czechoslovakia and Cuba and then between Czechoslovakia and Vietnam. This work attempts to answer whether the accession of non-european states to the Comecon organization was of great importance to increase CSSR´s trade turnover with these countries. The answer to this question is partly unclear - Cuba's accession to the organization, was of great importance to increase amount of foreign trade with Czechoslovakia, whereas in Vietnam I can not say with certainty that the accession resulted in an increase in amount of foreign trade because it grew annually at a high pace before the accession of Vietnam to the CMEA.
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