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Cuba
When you think of Cuba, you think of sugar cane plantations
Or, you might be aware of the very
highly sought Cuban cigars….a fine export
to other countries!
Cuban Government
Fulgencio Batista was the
leader of Cuba during the
1940s and 1950s. He allowed
Americans to open hotels and
casinos. Americans owned
many sugar cane plantations
and other Cuban businesses,
and the US invested lots of
money into Cuba. He became
a dictator and restricted the
freedoms of the Cuban people.
1959
Leaders of the Cuban Revolution
Fidel Castro
Che Guevara
Cuban President
Fidel Castro
Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev
Cuban Missile Crisis - 1962
President John F. Kennedy
Ships are blocked from Cuba
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90 miles from Florida to Cuba
Range of Soviet missiles from Cuba
When the US promised to remove missiles from Turkey, the
USSR agreed to remove the missiles from Cuba – crisis over!
Embargo 1962-2013
When Cuba became a Communist country, the US started an embargo
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NO US trade
with CUBA
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US Embargo = No New US Cars
US autos from the 1950s and ‘60s are still in use!
Soviet Union Steps In
Due to the embargo,
Cuba needed food,
oil, automobiles,
heavy equipment
and many other
things. The Soviet
Union took the
opportunity and
became a big
supporter of Cuba.
Cuban
Exports
Who are you
going to call?
After the breakup of the
Soviet Union in 1990,
Cuba needed trading
partners and friendly
neighbors to assist
them, as the US
embargo was still in
place.
One of the countries
which reached out to
Fidel Castro was
Venezuela, led by Hugo
Chavez.
Former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
And Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro
Cubans escape to the US in
search of freedom
Many Cubans settle in….
MIAMI
Fidel Castro’s brother,
Raul, was named
President of Cuba in
2008, when Fidel
Castro retired.
In February 2013,
Raul Castro
announced he will
retire in 2018.
What is next for
Cuba?
Cuban President Raul Castro