The island saw much political unrest after the inclusion of the Platt Amendment in its constitution, guaranteeing the United States’ rights to intervene freely in the island under any pretext. U.S. business interests were secured by various “puppet” leaders and prioritized over the needs of the Cubans. …show more content…
This explicitly exposed Castro’s opposition to the US, further rupturing US relations, U.S. suspicious grew of Castro’s political inclinations, Eisenhower hoped his suffocating hostility would force Castro into abandoning his plan to cut ties with the U.S. Tightening restrictions, and imposing an embargo, however, only facilitated Castro’s vilification of the US. Castro was able to point the finger at the U.S. to explain the island’s tough times, painting his revolution as noble and justifiably anti-American. Castro began signing trade agreements with the Soviet Union and, shortly after the Bay of Pigs invasion, Castro declared Cuba a communist nation. The Soviet Union became Cuba’s powerful ally but its wasn’t until the 70’s that it also became its lifeline. Because of the amount of support it provided for Cuba, the Soviet Union was in a better position to influence Cuba and police its socialism to better conform to its own model. It was during this time that Cuba truly fell under the Soviet Union sphere and became dependent, as seen in the nation’s economic collapse after the fall of the Soviet