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Cuba and the Cold War
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Castro's Thrird Revolution
Castro tried to rebel against the Cuban government and failed with the first to tries. The third attempt he was successful, with about 800 people following him. By 1958 the U.S. had stopped selling weapons to Batista. -
Guerrilla War
Castro leaves Mexico and goes to eastern Cuba, and heads towards the Sierra Maestra Mountains. There with the help of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, he wages a Guerrilla War. -
U.S. and Cuba Relations End
All U.S. businesses in Cuba are nationalised without compensation. -
John F. Kennedy Elected
John F. Kennedy is Elected President of the United Sates. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The United States and Cuba became very stubborn after the invasion. On the southern coast of Cuba 1,400 CIA Cuban Refugees went to the Bay of Pigs. Cuban military of 20,000 sat on the coast ready for the invasion to start. The Cuban force captured 1,100 U.S. men. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest we ever came in history to having a nuclear war with the Soviet Union. The U.S. gained knowledge that there were Soviet missiles in Cuba. Kennedy demanded that they be removed along with a naval blockade of Cuba. Khrushscher, Soviet Union Leader, agreed to follow these demands. -
Agreement is Reached
Neither Kennedy or Khrushschev wanted to give in but at the same time neither wanted to go to war either. Khrushschev agreed to stop sending missiles to Cuba and he would then send the remaining missiles to the Soviet Union. Kennedy removed missiles from Turkey and agreed to not invade Cuba as part of the agreement. -
Cuban Communist Party
The party was renamed the People's Socialist Party in 1944 and remained this until Carto's overthrow and victory of the revolution. The party was then combined with Castro's 26th of July movement and Revolutionary Directorate and formed the Intergrated Revolutionary Organizations. This was then replaced by the Cuban Communist Party on October 3, 1965.
