Mi Proyecto Dos

For my final project of the program, I chose to showcase my writing skills and created a project using a format I had never used before. I made a timeline of the life of Fidel Castro. With his worsening health condition and decaying governmental power, his rise and fall as leader of Cuba provided an interesting research topic and outlet to explore one of the political systems of a Spanish-speaking country. Using circavie.com, an online website that allows anyone to create online timelines I explored from the upbringings of Castro to the most recent activity. Through learning his past, I also learned the reasons behind Cuba allowing a man such as Fidel to rise to power. The previous leader bled the country dry and created many enemies to his government. Also from this assignment, I learned the influence Castro and his government had on other Latin American countries and the rough relations with the United States. One of the benefits of choosing a Latin American leader was the ability to search websites written in Spanish and not just translate English sources. This project provided another opportunity to utilize writing skills and work on creating professional and educational facts about the life of Castro. This project pushed the boundaries of my skills and I expanded a whole new area of my vocabulary; another of my personal goals for this semester.