Cuba In The 1960s Essay

During the 1960’s, tensions between the US and other countries were very much growing. With the cold war in full effect, allies were needed. Cuba was one of those needed allies, but under the rule of Fidel Castro, relations became estranged. It is no mystery that under the rule of Castro , The new Cuban government was only concerned with installing not only a sense of fear but they wanted to cripple their countries people in order to let its citizens know that they cannot defy their own government .The Cuban Government began to establish ties with multiple Latin-American countries. They also reclaimed private property and this angered the states because most of the property that was “reclaimed” was American owed. It took this and several revolutions in Latin countries for Dwight D. Eisenhower (the current president at the time) to officially break diplomatic ties with Cuba in January of 1961. This enabled the idea of an invasion of Cuba that had been brewing in the CIA for some time. With the subject being debated, the newly inaugurated president, John F. Kennedy approved the plan. The CIA recruited anti-Cuban forces in the Miami area. They trained their men without telling them …show more content…
Two days later the Cubans trained by the United States and using U.S. equipment landed at several sites. The principal landing took place at the Bay of Pigs on the south-central coast. The invasion force was unequal to the strength of Castro’s troops, and by April 19 its last stronghold had been captured, along with more than 1,100 men. In the aftermath of the invasion, critics charged the CIA with supplying faulty information to the new president and also noted that, in spite of Kennedy’s orders, supporters of Batista were included in the invasion force, whereas members of the noncommunist People’s Revolutionary Movement, considered the most capable anti-Castro group, were excluded”(Britannica,