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!