PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE STUDENT MOVEMENT OF THE 1960S
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encourage political change in Cuba
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promote domestic industries in Cuba
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motivate Cubans to immigrate to the US
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end the domination of the sugar industry by Cuba/
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Detailed explanation-1: -Again on October 19, 1960, almost two years after the Cuban Revolution had led to the deposition of the Batista regime, the US placed an embargo on exports to Cuba except for food and medicine after Cuba nationalized the US-owned Cuban oil refineries without compensation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Cuba and the USSR had signed a trade agreement by which the USSR had extended $100 million in trade credits. 2 The two countries had also agreed to collaborate in the UN and would probably resume diplomatic relations soon.
Detailed explanation-3: -Kennedy proclaimed an embargo on trade between the United States and Cuba, in response to certain actions taken by the Cuban Government, and directed the Departments of Commerce and the Treasury to implement the embargo, which remains in place today.
Detailed explanation-4: -The economic embargo of U.S. trade imposed on Cuba in the year 1960. The U.S. motive for imposing an embargo on Cuba was the widespread nationalization of U.S. industries and companies by Castro with Agrarian Reform Act. This embargo economically hindered Cuba and deprived American citizens of Cuban goods.