![American tourist in Havana, Cuba in 1950.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/ConstantinoAriasUglyAmerican.jpg?itok=CU9ZR9lS)
American Tourist, 1950
![Che Guevara and Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/CheyFidel.jpg?itok=zrDWzR9y)
Revolutionary Leaders, Che Guevara & Fidel Castro
![This Cuban cartoon protests the Platt Amendment's stipulations.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Enmienda_Platt_0.jpg?itok=6-3U1ost)
Platt Amendment
![Fulgencio Batista.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/640px-Batista25355a_crop4.jpg?itok=6FHbUt7n)
Fulgencio Batista
![Diego Velázquez.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/640px-DiegoVelazquezCuellar.jpg?itok=SZEtrsie)
Diego Velázquez, Conquistador
![A baseball stadium and casino advertisement can be seen behind these slum-like bohio dwellings.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/HavanaSlums1954_0.jpg?itok=DxB7SpeK)
Havana Slums, 1954
Cuban Anti-Imperialism
![Camilo Cienfuegos and Fidel Castro heading into Havana, Cuba.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Luis_Korda_02.jpg?itok=qk4dJKoG)
Fidel Castro and Camilo Cienfuegos
![This cartoon appeared in Puck in September of 1898.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Screen%20Shot%202015-05-15%20at%203.10.38%20PM.png?itok=5WOOOru8)
"Save me from my friends!" 1898
This cartoon appeared in Puck in September of 1898, upon the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. The bottom caption on the original read: "Taking Cuba from Spain was easy. Preserving it from over-zealous Cuban patriots is another matter." The question of how the U.S. seeks to insert itself into Cuban affairs still remains. Image provided by author.
![This photograph shows the location of Soviet missiles and their maintenance sites in Cuba.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/U2_Image_of_Cuban_Missile_Crisis.jpg?itok=IC5IgRzD)
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1961
![This poster details the friendly relationship between Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1024px-Cuba-Russia_friendship_poster.jpg?itok=R_WnlNLg)
Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev, 1960s
![This propaganda poster defying American imperialism.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Propaganda_a_Cuba_07-2.jpg?itok=qyxShhJi)
Cuban Propaganda, 2014
![This photograph presents the Cuban general of rebel forces with a group of Cuban rebels and American General William Ludlow.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/800px-Calixto_Garc%C3%ADa_and_William_Ludlow_in_Cuba%2C_1898.jpg?itok=xfocH2-M)
Cuban War of Independence
![Cubans raising the national flag over the Governor General's Palace in 1902.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Raising_the_Cuban_flag_on_the_Governor_General%27s_Palace_at_noon_on_May_20%2C_1902.gif?itok=rCEbQY8E)
Governor General's Palace, 1902
![This image appeared in the New York Journal on April 20, 1898.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Screen%20Shot%202015-05-15%20at%2010.52.53%20PM.png?itok=NJpyli3x)
New York Journal, 1898
This image appeared in the New York Journal on April 20, 1898 just as the U.S. declared war against Spain. Image provided by author.
![Fidel Castro at Lincoln Memorial.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Fidel_Castro_at_the_Lincoln_Memorial_0.jpg?itok=MmrlX02e)
Fidel Castro at Lincoln Memorial
![The opening page of the 1901 Platt Amendment.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Platt_amendment_page_1-2_0.jpg?itok=k_CUga2_)
Platt Amendment
![General Fulgencio Batista.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Fulgencio_Batista%2C_president_of_Cuba%2C_1952_0.jpg?itok=l9ho8Hgl)
General Fulgencio Batista
![Fidel Castro at UN General Assembly.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/640px-Fidel_Castro_-_UN_General_Assembly_1960_0.jpg?itok=1mQIhy4f)
Fidel Castro at UN General Assembly, 1960
![This Cuban propaganda sign features the profile of Fidel Castro.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1024px-Castro_sign_0.jpg?itok=69Kdv-By)
"Fight against the impossible and win"
![President Dwight Eisenhower.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Dwight_D._Eisenhower%2C_official_photo_portrait%2C_May_29%2C_1959_0.jpg?itok=-qNstezx)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959