This week we discuss both Cuban Revolutions and their American involvement. Dating back to the turn of the 20th century's "Splendid Little War" known for freeing of the Spanish but not the Americans, Teddy Roosevelt and his rough riders leading the charge at San Juan Hill. Though also leaving Cuba betrayed by their sisterly neighbor and without their independence, which in turn leaves a open door for Batista and his repressive military regime beginning in 1933, and then Castro and Communism in 1959. We discuss the relationship between the two nations and the scars left upon the little island by Americans. Sources: Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba After Slavery by Rebecca J. Scott, Inside the Cuban Revolution: Fidel Castro and the Urban Underground by Julia E, Sweig, Back Channel to Cuba: The Hidden History of Negotiations between Washington and Havana by William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh.