Word: upheavalã
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...nation. During his decades-long reign, Castro was decried as a tyrant and lauded and as a charismatic opponent of Western imperialism. Last year, the ailing man transferred his presidential duties to his brother Raul and last month formally stepped down, appointing Raul to replace him. And this political upheaval??s side-effects extended beyond Cuban soil. Castro’s coup d’etat set in motion a series of events that brought many families, like those of Lage, Velo, and Balmori, to the United States, albeit through much hardship. After Lage’s grandfather?...
...became a vehicle for privileging native soil, seeing native space as having to be protected from outsiders”—but by the 1950s, “the homeland was no longer about the same militant national identity, but about a psychological need to deal with upheaval?? and create a new identity...
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