COLD WAR IN CUBA.  Fidel Castro  U.S. embargo  Castro installs communist government in 1959 CUBAN REVOLUTION.

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COLD WAR IN CUBA

 Fidel Castro  U.S. embargo  Castro installs communist government in 1959 CUBAN REVOLUTION

“a communist menace that has been permitted to arise under our very noses, only 90 miles off our shores” - President John F. Kennedy, 1960

 C.I.A. sponsored operation to invade Cuba and depose Fidel Castro  Soviet officials knew of a possible invasion  Cuban Army prepared, operation failed  Severely embarrassed Kennedy administration BAY OF PIGS DISASTER

CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

 American U-2 spy planes discover Soviet missile sites  Kennedy ordered a “quarantine” (blockade)  Secret negotiations between Kennedy and Khrushchev THE BRINK OF WAR

“if they actually carry out the brutal act of invading Cuba in violation of international law and morality, that would be the moment to eliminate such danger forever through an act of clear legitimate defense” –Fidel Castro THE ARMAGEDDON LETTER

 U.S. readied for invasion  Soviets agreed to remove missiles  Secret agreement for American missiles removed from Turkey and Italy CRISIS AVERTED

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