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• Cuba gained its independence from Spain in 1898.
• In the 1900s, Cuba’s wealth was controlled by American companies.
• The main businesses in Cuba were sugar and mining companies.
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• The leader of Cuba was Fulgencio Batista.
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• Castro and his “army” lost many battles to Batista – he was even arrested and sentenced to 15 years in jail!
• Castro was released in 1955 after serving only two years and fled to Mexico to put together a new group of rebel fighters.
• By 1959, Castro and his men drove Batista and his supporters out of Havana, Cuba’s capital.
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• In 1959, Castro defeated the Batista government.
• Castro seized absolute power and made himself dictator of Cuba.
• He then had 700 of his enemies executed and many more were thrown in prison.
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• The US originally backed Castro and sent him supplies to defeat Batista because he promised to make Cuba a democracy.
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• Fidel Castro promised to:
1. end American dominance over Cuban businesses,
2. re-distribute the wealth evenly to all Cubans,
3. make every Cuban literate, 4. and he wanted to give all
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Cubans healthcare and higher life expectancy.
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• After the revolution, relations between the American government and the Cuban government got worse and worse.
• US did not like having a communist country so close.
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• US didn’t like Cuba having ties with the Soviet Union because they were involved in the Cold War.
• This was a plan to arm Cuban exiles living in Florida and send them back to Cuba.
• Once the exiles arrived in Cuba, unhappy Cubans would join them at the Bay of Pigs and they would overthrow Castro.
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• The invasion was a disaster because Castro’s forces intercepted the plan and captured the invaders.
• No rebellion against Castro occurred, but this sparked a deep hatred for the United States.
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• In October of 1962, US planes spotted secret Soviet missile bases in Cuba.
• President Kennedy announced to US citizens that the Soviets had placed long-range missiles in Cuba.
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• This was an extremely TENSE time (height of the Cold War) that could have led to World War III.
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• Due to the harsh events, US placed an embargo on goods from Cuba in 1962.
• Cuba’s sugar cane crop could no longer be sold in the US, which hurt Cuba’s economy.
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• As a result of the embargo, poor harvests, and bad government planning, Cuba’s economy has become very poor.
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October 23, 1962:
embargo on Cuba.
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• In the early 1980s and 1990s, there were periods in which large numbers of Cubans escaped the island for America.
• Thousands of Cubans left because Castro would not allow free elections, freedom of speech, freedom of press, etc.
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• After a decline in health, Fidel Castro gave up the Cuban presidency on February 19, 2008.
• His brother, Raul Castro, is now the Cuban dictator.
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• Most Cubans despise the Castro regime, but are too afraid to publicly oppose the government.
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