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Cuba. Corruption, Castro, and the C old War. Cuba. 1940s D emocratic Tropical paradise Open ties with U.S. Fulgencio Batista. President in 1940 Improved economy with war time trade with the U.S Purified corrupt government Ran again in 1952 Low chance of winning
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Cuba Corruption, Castro, and the Cold War
Cuba • 1940s • Democratic • Tropical paradise • Open ties with U.S
Fulgencio Batista • President in 1940 • Improved economy with war time trade with the U.S • Purified corrupt government • Ran again in 1952 • Low chance of winning • Military started a coup and abolished their constitution, making Batista the dictator
Fidel Castro • Born august 13, 1926 • Went to University of Havana in 1945 • Revolution • Rode to the Dominican Republic to over throw a dictatorship • Led Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution • Fidel, his brother Raul, and 135 other armed Cubans • Attacked Moncada Military barracks • July 26 1953 • Intended to storm barracks, seize their wepons, and use it as a base to mount their revolution
Cuban Revolution Pt. 2 • 61 revolutionaries killed • Of the remaining 74 over half were captured and either jailed or executed, and the rest escaped • Castro himself was sentenced to 15 years in jail, but he was release on an amnesty after two years
Cuban Revolution Pt. 3 • Four years after he was released he decided to try again • This time it succeeded • Batista had left • a divided military collapsed in upon itself • The constitution of the 1940s was reinstated
Castro’s Cuba • Brought Cuban economy and politics to new heights, at the expense of its citizens • Executions, imprisonments, and forced emigrations of opposition • Declared self a Marxist Leninist in 1961, otherwise known as communism • Began supporting Soviet Union in 1968
U.S. intervention • Prime force against Communism • Cuba just 90 miles off of the Florida Keys • Bay of pigs • A “covert” U.S. action against Cuba • Army of Cuban Defectors gathered • Trained, armed and given ships by the U.S. • Leaked out to the press, and multiple stories were run • Castro found out, mobilized troops, and crushed the attack • Horrible embarrassment to Kennedy
Cuban Missile Crisis • Suspicious of their aid to soviets • U-2 aircraft flown over Cuba and photographed multiple missile sites • These pictures shown to Kennedy on October 16 • Three sites: • 2 medium range ballistic missile sites • Capable of firing up to 1,845 miles • 1 intermediate range ballistic missile site • Capable of firing up to 3,400 miles
Reaction • Declared any Missiles fired by Cuba would be considered a direct assault by the soviet union • Second U-2 reconnaissance plane flown over • Retaliation preparation • B-52 bombers • Entire U.S. nuclear arsenal deployed and prepped for counter attack
“Quarantine • Needed to set up a blockade to prevent the delivery of any weapons • Couldn’t, so called it a quarantine, but ran it like a blockade, and prevented anything but vital supplies from being shipped in
Diplomacy • Met with Russia • Russia asked for fair deal, they pull their weapons out if we do the same • Kennedy couldn’t give in publicly because it would make him look weak • Final agreement reached October 30th • Official version: Cuba is disarmed if we don’t attack them • Real version: we remove our missiles from Turkey as well
