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Cuba In the Cold War
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Fidel Castro Elected
Cuba declares Fidel Castro to be the new premier and president -
OPEC Founded
OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) is founded by Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela to coordinate petroleum production and pricing. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
Intended to overthrow the revolutionary left wing government of Fidel Castro. -
Russia With Cuba
After conferring with Raul Castro, Che Guevara, Osvaldo Dorticos and Blas Roca, Fidel Castro informs the visiting Soviet officials that Cuba will accept the deployment of nuclear weapons. -
Cubans In Russia
Raul Castro and a high-level Cuban military delegation arrive in Moscow -
CIA find Soviet misles in Cuba
U.S. intelligence receive several reports of Soviet missiles in Cuba -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The crisis is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict -
Cuba Quarantine
President John F. Kennedy goes on national television to announce the presence of Soviet missiles on Cuba and the imposition of an American "quarantine" or naval blockade around Cuba
