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Most of these events happened during the Cold War. During the Cold War, countries like the United States were trying to stamp out communism. This is part of the reason why there was so much conflict between the U.S. and Cuba.

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Cuba is a little more peaceful.

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Cuba was communistic in the past and they still are today.

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Article 2: Inside Fidel Castro's Cuba - and his Legacy

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Article 2: Inside Fidel Castro's Cuba - and his Legacy

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This article descibes what Fidel Castro did for Cuba. Some of it was good and some of it was bad. Castro wanted Cuba to become very powerful, but they had empty shelves and the buildings were falling apart. Castro tried building new things but they weren't efficient. He was very much like a dictator and he knew everything. According to the article by Pico Iyer, "The only thing worse that Fidel, was whatever might come instead of him". That quote was what people in Cuba thought of Castro. Although he did some awful things, the country needed him. In some ways he had made Cuba powerful and populous. Fidel Castro did acceptable things, but he did atrocious things too.

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Article 1 Summary: Cold War Rivals: Cuba and the United States

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Article 1 Summary: Cold War Rivals: Cuba and the United States

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During the 1900s there were many events that happened between the U.S. and Cuba. In 1959, Fidel Castro took over Cuba. He wanted it to become a powerful country, so he started implementing many new things. Some of these were turning his government into a communistic one and becoming friends with the Soviet Union. The U.S. didn't like the direction Cuba was going. This was during the cold war so the U.S. was trying to stomp out anything communistic. They decided to invade Cuba. They sent many different millitary people but it all went wrong. It was an unsuccesful invasion. This was called the Bay of Pigs and it happened on April 17, 1961. After this event, the U.S. stopped trading with Cuba.
Another thing that happened between the U.S. and Cuba was the Cuban Missile Crisis. According to this article by Mike Kubic, "In the fall of 1962, Soviet troops began placing in Cuba medium-range nuclear missiles capable of reaching American cities as far as Washington." This greatly scared the U.S. Eventually, the Soviet Union took the weapons back. It was a relief and the U.S. started trading with Cuba again. These are a lot of events that happened between the U.S. and Cuba.

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They were both led by a Castro.

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There is no longer a threat of nuclear war.

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The Cold War was going on.

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There was a threat of nuclear war.

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People are allowed to travel to Cuba.

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People weren't allowed to travel to Cuba.

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Cuba was ruled by Raul Castro.

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Cuba was ruled by Fidel Castro.

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Then the U.S. started:
-Trying to make Cuba democratic
-Started allowing travel to Cuba

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The U.S. started trading with Cuba again now that there wasn't the treat of nuclear war.

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Eventually, the Soviet Union took the atomic weapons away.

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U.S. started embargoing Cuba.

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This started to worry the U.S. because Cuba is only 90 miles away.

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The Soviet Union was supplying Cuba with atomic weapons.

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The invasion didn't work.

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Everything went wrong for the U.S.

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U.S. tried to invade to Cuba because they were worried about how powerful Cuba was coming with the Soviet Union.

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Castro tried to build up the economy but it wasn't efficient. This led to shortages of many things like food.

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In 2006, Castro's health began declining and his brother eventually took over.

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He decided to have a Marxist Leninist program.
-Going communist

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He was very inviting to the Soviet Union.

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Fidel Castro was the leader of Cuba who tried to make Cuba communistic.