“The Key to the Gulf of Mexico”

Slides:



Advertisements
Similar presentations
Chapter 3: The Constitution of the United States of America
Advertisements

Latin America: Government
Hierarchy of Courts.
UNDERSTANDING THE CONSTITUTION
List three (3) types of law. Write your name on the sheet and hand in.
Chapter Three: FEDERAL COURTS
The President’s Job/Making Foreign Policy
The Judicial Branch. Court Systems & Jurisdictions.
What are the rights and responsibilities of a citizen?
The Constitution The Constitution is the rules for running our government. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
John Locke  Who was he?  English Philosopher  What did he believe?  The purpose of government is to protect natural rights.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Bill Of Rights The First Ten Amendments to the Constitution
The Judicial Branch The Criminal Justice Process.
Analyze this Lady Justice statue for symbolic things. What do you see? Design your own statue that you think represents justice. Bell Ringer.
What are they and why do we need them?. What is a government? The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction;
The Federal Court System
Know the qualifications and terms of each of the following Legislative, executive, judicial.
5 Basic principles of the u.s. constitution
Chapter 7 The Judicial Branch
Civics SOL Review 2nd 9-weeks.
Chapter Three: FEDERAL COURTS. The Basic Principles of American Court Organization Jurisdiction Trial and Appellate Courts Dual Courts.
Criminal Justice Today Twelfth Edition CHAPTER Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21 st Century, 12e Frank Schmalleger Copyright © 2014.
American Federal Government Constitution. Article 1: CONGRESS –Section 1 - all legislative powers to Congress –Section 2 - Choosing of Representatives.
The Judicial Branch Chapter 12 Civics – Mr. Blough.
THE JUDICIAL BRANCH.
Reminders… Make up the Executive/Legislative Branch test! Make up the Executive/Legislative Branch test!
The Federal Court System …and Justice For All. The Adversarial System Courts settle civil disputes between private parties, a private party and the government,
The Constitution of the United States of America.
Constitution Test Chapter 5 Review Game.
Article 3: The Judicial Branch The Judicial Branch interprets the laws. This Branch includes the Supreme Court, The Highest Court in the Nation, and other.
The Judicial Branch. Copyright 2009 Pearson Education, Inc., Publishing as Longman Understanding the Federal Judiciary The Framers viewed the federal.
Revolution and Intervention. Trends in Latin America Roots of problems in Latin America come from colonialism After WWII, Turning to industrialization.
1 5 th Grade Constitution Review The American Constitution.
Judicial Branch & the Courts. The U.S. has a Dual Court System : -Federal Courts -State Courts.
The Judicial Branch The main job of the Judicial Branch is to interpret the laws!
Cuban Revolution.
The Judicial Branch Unit 5. Court Systems & Jurisdictions.
1. common courts military courts administrative courts tribunals The Supreme Court The Supreme Administrative Court The Constitutional Tribunal and The.
Chapter 4 Notes Civics. 1. Adding Bill of Rights Between 1787 and 1790 the 13 states ratified the constitution Some people felt it did not protect their.
ARTICLE III: JUDICIAL BRANCH. ARTICLE III SECTION I Interprets laws passed by the Judicial Branch United States Supreme Court - highest court in the United.
Cuba. Capital is Havana 93 miles from the United States Largest island in the Caribbean Second largest population (11 million) after Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican.
The Cuban Revolution and Beyond... A Somewhat Modern History of Cuba.
Foreign Policy Foreign Policy – a nation’s plan for dealing with other nations. GOALS OF FOREIGN POLICY: 1. National Security – the ability to keep the.
Article 3: The Judicial Branch The Judicial Branch interprets the laws. This Branch includes the Supreme Court, The Highest Court in the Nation, and other.
LESSON 1.3 Structure of American Government. government-belinda-stutzman
Judicial Branch – Texas -court cases involving criminal and civil cases -judges preside over the courtroom and sometimes decide cases; lawyers argue cases;
Chapter 10: Judicial Branch Describe the organization, functions, and jurisdiction of courts within the American judicial system. Explain the kinds of.
REVOLUTION Cuba’s Communist Revolution. When do Revolutions Happen? In Latin America revolutions happen when… … a structurally weak regime… … meets a.
Representative Democracy Brazil is made up of 26 states  Each state has its own constitution and legislature.
Chapter 8 The Judicial Branch. Federal Courts 3rd branch of government 3rd branch of government use the law to settle disputes between individuals & to.
Judicial Branch SOL CE.10a, b, c, d. Jurisdiction: the authority of a court to hear a case & administer the law Original: the first court to hear a case.
Unit The Informed Citizen.  The Canadian courts are the judicial branch of government.  There are three branches of government : executive, legislative.
 What is direct examination?  Asking questions of your witness.
Judicial Review The Supreme Court’s power to overturn any law that it decides is in conflict with the Constitution.
Article III: The Judicial Branch Chapters: 11,12
Analyzing Political Systems in North America
Judicial Branch & the Courts Mr. M.D. King Honors World History
Article III The Judicial Branch.
The President’s Job and Making Foreign Policy
Powers of the President Chapter 6 section 2
STUDENT NOTES #2 CH. 5 MEXICO
The Roles of the President
preamble Introduction Lays out 6 goals for government:
American Government Spring 2016
The Federal Court System & the Judicial Branch
Lesson C-4: The Judicial Branch
The Roles of the President
Governments of Latin America Activator
Chapter 7 The Judicial Branch
Presentation transcript:

“The Key to the Gulf of Mexico” CUBA “The Key to the Gulf of Mexico”

Cuba Republic of Cuba (Republica de Cuba) Capital: La Habana (hereafter, Havana) Independence: May 20, 1902

Discovered in 1492 Exploration of Christopher Columbus Under Spanish rule Subjected to harsh trade restrictions Britain occupied Havana 1762-63, change trade restrictions The change allowed Cuba to become the World’s leading producer of sugar

Spanish-American War of 1898 Granted Independence in 1902 Dependent of the United States Proportion of self-rule Platt Amendment: U.S. was allowed military intervention

New Rule Fulgencio Batista y Zaldivar: led a corrupt and brutal dictatorship (1940-44, 1952-59) 20,000 political killings January 1, 1959, overthrown and fled to the Dominican Republic with 40 million dollars

Hello Fidel! Fidel Castro Ruz became President in 1976 Guerrilla Warfare Communist Dictator CIA reports: may have Parkinson's disease

EMBARGO El bloqueo of 1960-present day Cold War Tactic deter communism and promote democracy Under Eisenhower: partial embargo (exclude food and machines) Under Kennedy, Foreign Assistance Act: prohibit aid to any country that trades with Cuba

New Constitution After the Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union Constitution of 1992 Promotes Cuba! Made Political Regimes more inclusive, tolerant to religious beliefs, behavior, and organizations Deeply authoritarian, still only one party,

Constitutional Provisions 1992 Constitution limits the State ownership of land Article 53: Freedom of Expression Freedom of “CUBAN” Speech Article 62: Prohibits Art 53 if it interfere with, threatens, or defy existence of Socialist State

PCC Communist Party of Cuba National Assembly: Legislative Branch Formal Powers: declare war,make peace, modify legislature, elect members to Council of State & Supreme Court 4 year terms, Meet only twice a year

Council of State Fidel Castro: President of Council of State Elected by the National Assembly appoint and remove ministers, ambassadors, and other high officials “Routine Authoritative” decision maker

Council of Ministers Fidel Castro: President of Council of Ministers Highest executive and administrative organ Constitution empowers it to issue regulations to administer laws and decrees authorize exceptions to state ownership of the means of production

Supreme Court Five Chambers: Criminal, Civil, Administrative, Labor, and Military Nominated by Minister of Justice, confirmed by National Assembly Article 121: Supreme Court and all other courts are subordinate to the National Assembly & Council of State Prohibited from determining laws to be constitutional No life terms

Provincial Courts Exist in each Province Four Chambers: Criminal, Civil, Administrative, Labor Jurisdiction over crimes that punishment does not exceed 8 years 3/4 of all crimes committed in Cuba Lay Judges

Municipal Courts Much like District Court in the U.S. Jurisdiction over minor crimes that punishment does not exceed 1 year preliminary levels for civil cases Lay Judges

Source of Law Spanish Law & U.S Law History of Spanish Law is related to the abuses of the Catholic Church and the Inquisition Judges where the investigator and sentencor U.S. influence after the Spanish-American War

Criminal Procedure Stage 1 Filing of complaint police investigates the complaint prosecutor decides to move forward the accused does not have right to council during this stage can’t exceed 8 days in this stage, after which, accused attorney is invited in

Criminal Proceedings Stage 2 In Prosecutor’s hands Complexity of the case, the interpretations, and emphasis of the case are defined Recommendation of sentence is recorded Case is passed to accused 10 days to file a rebuttal Court will appoint

Criminal trial Stage 3 1st witness is always the defendant freedom not to testify against himself Preserve the presumption, “Innocent until proven guilty” witnesses are examine by the judges including lay judges Court has 10 days to make a decision

Any Questions?