THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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attempted to reunify with Spain
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adopted a system of government
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claimed to own the Panama Canal
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trained international terrorist groups
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Detailed explanation-1: -In February 1962, President John F. 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-2: -The tremendous impact of the Cold War on US-Cuban relations played a crucial role in destroying the equilibrium of earlier decades, destabilizing the island’s political system, and creating fertile ground for the crisis of the 1950s.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under the Treaty of Paris, Cuba became a U.S. protectorate from 1898 to 1902; the U.S. gained a position of economic and political dominance over the island, which persisted after it became formally independent in 1902. Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, bilateral relations deteriorated substantially.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cuba’s alliance with the Soviet Union was the main reason the United States viewed Castro as a security threat–a fear that was arguably vindicated during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.