1. INTERNATIONALISM By: Reina Hernandez and Kate Liming
Chapter 7
INTERNATIONALISM
By: Reina Hernandez and Kate Liming

2. Overseas Activities Military Assistance Guerrilla movements
African involvements
Angola Mission
Ethiopia Mission
Latin America Involvements
Nicaragua Mission
El Salvador Mission
Civilian Assistance
Construction
Educational and Medical Aid
Economic Assistance

3. Cuba as a Soviet Surrogate
Cuban and Soviet Relations
Overseas Activities
Cuban-Soviet collaboration was especially apparent in:
Somalia, Ethiopia, Angola, Syria, and Indochina
Alliance was seen as a permanent feature of its international policy
Foreign policy of the USSR and Cuba diverged in the late 1960s

4. Moral Bases for Overseas Involvements
revolutionary messianism and romanticism
1970s formal commitment to world socialism, communism, and international proletarian solidarity
historical symbolism
“window of opportunity”
Castro disregarded political leanings of nations receiving aid

5. The Economics of Internationalism
Economic Benefits: internationalism boomed before Moscow provided economic support
increased hard currency contracts, trade, joint ventures with Western market firms, and barter agreements
Domestic Opportunity Costs: government never released information
high domestic social construction cost, but low medical
corruption
Future Prospects of Internationalism: global and domestic conditions don’t point to a positive future