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JFK and Cuba(1961-1963)

Explore JFK's efforts to improve relations with Latin America and the subsequent challenges, including the failed Bay of Pigs invasion and the intense Cuban Missile Crisis.

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JFK and Cuba(1961-1963)

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  1. JFK and Cuba(1961-1963)

  2. The “Alliance for Progress” • JFK hoped to improve relations with Latin America to prevent the spread of Communism. • $20 billion to help the economic development • Alliance for Progress

  3. Remember the U2 Incident?

  4. Bay of Pigs • JFK and the CIA want Fidel Castro, the Communist Dictator of Cuba, to be removed from power. • Cuban exiles trained to invade Cuba • April 17, 1961.

  5. A Total Failure • Kennedy doesn’t send air support • Castro puts an easy end to the Bay of Pigs invasion, defeating the exiles quickly.

  6. The Cuban Missile Crisis- 1962 The launch sites for the nuclear missile silos President John F. Kennedy

  7. Bomb Shelters in Backyards

  8. Some Specifics • The Soviet Union feared US invasion of Cuba. • Castro allows Khrushchev (leader of Soviet Union)to build nuclear missile launch silos in Cuba. • Navy blockades Cuba, preventing any further supply from USSR. • Kennedy demands removal of weapons. • Brinkmanship”

  9. Blockade of Cuba

  10. War Avoided • For the first time the US was at the brink of nuclear war. • Florida is only 90 miles from Cuba, so an attack would have hurt our homeland without any doubt. • Soviets remove their missiles, and a potential crisis is avoided. • US has to promise never to invade Cuba again • Krushchev has Soviet Missiles removed from Cuba.

  11. Results of Cuban Missile Crisis • Hot Line Established • Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

  12. Is it time to end the embargoagainst Cuba?

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