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The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the right-wing authoritarian government of Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953, and continued sporadically until the rebels finally ousted Batista on 1 January 1959, replacing his government with a revolutionary socialist state.
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The United States embargo against Cuba is a commercial, economic, and financial embargo imposed by the United States on Cuba.
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Cuba was expelled from the OAS for communist activity.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the Caribbean Crisis , or the Missile Scare, was a 13-day (October 16–28, 1962) confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
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The U.S established a sea and air blockade in case of a nuclear attack from Cuba.
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Fidel Castro becomes the President of Cuba.
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Vladimir Putin visits Cuba hoping to boost bilateral ties.
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Fidel Castro resigns as President of Cuba on February 19, 2008 and Raúl Castro is elected president on February 24, 2008.
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Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in hopes of re-establishing diplomatic bonds between the two countries.
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Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016.
