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Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba and claims it as Spains land

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Havana is captured by British forces led by admiral George Pocock. Cuba returns to Spain with the treaty of Paris

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Ten Years War of independence ends in a truce with Spain promising reforms and greater autonomy

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Jose Marti leads a second war of independence and the US declares war on Spain. US defeats Spain, which gives up all claims to Cuba and gives it to the US.

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Batista seizes power again and presides over an oppressive and corrupt regime. Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful revolt against the Batista regime. The US withdraws military aid to Batista.

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Washington breaks off all diplomatic relations with Havana.

The US sends an invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs. Castro proclaims Cuba a communist state and begins to ally it with the USSR.

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Cuban missile crisis ignites when, fearing a US invasion, Castro agrees to allow the USSR to deploy nuclear missiles on the island. The crisis was subsequently resolved when the USSR agreed to remove the missiles in return for the withdrawal of US nuclear missiles from Turkey.

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Soviet military advisers leave Cuba following the collapse of the USSR. The US tightens its embargo on Cuba, which introduces some market reforms in order to stem the deterioration of its economy.

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Propaganda war in Havana as President Castro unveils a monument which blocks the view of illuminated messages some of them about human rights displayed on the US mission building.

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Fidel Castro, former president and leader of the Cuban revolution, dies at the age of 90. Cuba declares nine days of national mourning.Washington ends a long-standing policy which grants Cuban immigrants the right to remain in the US without a visa.