Is it possible one day Cuba merged with USA.?

Answer 1

G'day John H,

It is possible but not likely. There was an independence movement in Cuba which was repressed by the Spanish Government.

In 1897, fearing U.S. intervention, Spain moved to a more conciliatory policy, promising home rule with an elected legislature. The rebels rejected this offer and the war for independence continued. Shortly afterwards, on 15 February 1898, the U.S. battleship Maine was mysteriously blown up in Havana harbor, killing 266 men. Forces in the U.S. favoring intervention in Cuba seized on this incident to accuse Spain of blowing up the ship (although Spain had no motive for doing so and there was no evidence of Spanish culpability). Swept along on a wave of nationalist sentiment, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution calling for intervention and President William McKinley was quick to comply.

The result was the Spanish-American War, in which U.S. forces landed in Cuba in June 1898 and quickly overcame Spanish resistance. In August a peace treaty was signed under which Spain agreed to withdraw from Cuba. Some advocates in the U.S. supported Cuban independence, while others argued for outright annexation. As a compromise, the McKinley administration placed Cuba under a 20-year U.S. trusteeship. The Cuban independence movement bitterly opposed this arrangement, but unlike the Philippines, where events had followed a similar course, there was no outbreak of armed resistance. Cuba became independent in 1902 however as the US abandoned the trusteeship.

Opposition to so-called imperialism has been a mainstay of the Castro regime. It is difficult to see circumstances under which Cuba would merge with the USA. However, history has been marked by events which earlier had seemed highly unlikely.

I have attached sources for future reading.

I also suggest the following books for further research.

*Gleijeses, Piero. Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976. U. of North Carolina Press, 2002. 552 pp.

* Hernández, José M. Cuba and the United States: Intervention and Militarism, 1868-1933 U. of Texas Press, 1993. 288 pp.

* McPherson, Alan. Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American Relations. Harvard U. Press, 2003. 257 pp.

* Morley, Morris H. and McGillian, Chris. Unfinished Business: America and Cuba after the Cold War, 1989-2001. Cambridge U. Press, 2002. 253 pp.

* Offner, John L. An Unwanted War: The Diplomacy of the United States and Spain over Cuba, 1895-1898. U. of North Carolina Press, 1992. 306 pp.

* Paterson, Thomas G. Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution. Oxford U. Press, 1994. 352 pp.

* Pérez, Louis A., Jr. The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography. U. of North Carolina Press 1998. 192 pp.

* Pérez, Louis A. Cuba and the United States: Ties of Singular Intimacy. U. of Georgia Press, 1990. 314 pp.

* Schwab, Peter. Cuba: Confronting the U.S. Embargo New York: St. Martin's, 1999. 226 pp

Regards

Regards

Answer 2

Free Cuba

Answer 3

Couldn't they just be added to Florida? Or the Carribean Islands could be a state, like the Hawaiin Islands are. That'd be cool. According to a CNN poll, most Americans are in favor of diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Answer 4

THAT would be great for the people of cuba but bad for florida .
TONS OF cheap condo's would be built all around cuba .THE labor rate is dirt cheap there and you could build a fortune with a couple of million easy .

Answer 5

If Castro prossesor is good with the USA and we accept them, it's possible.

Answer 6

As a state no, as a territory, possibly.

Answer 7

that is a happy thought and lets pray it happens. we need more people who do not vote

Answer 8

NO!!! But then again stranger things have happened.

Answer 9

hope not.