When Castro Came To Power

When castro came into power he had nationalized all american companies in Cuba. He disagreed with everything that General Fulgencio Batista stood for so he did what he knew he wanted and what the people wanted. In a form of retaliation, America stopped all aid and all imports of Cuban sugar. This greatly affected Cuba because the sugar was the mainstay of its economy. With Cuba’s economy going down into ruin Castro had to think of something to help his country and stop his people from dying of starvation. He was forced to look to the USSR (Soviet Union) for help as it was already doing so bad. In 1960 the Soviet Union signed an agreement to buy one million tonnes of sugar every year as a way to support the economy and to help the people not …show more content…
While all this was going on Kennedy was working with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and U.S. State Department to come up with a plan to dethrone Castro. In April 1961 the U.S. State Department and the CIA launched what they believed to be a defensive strike. When they heard the news the Castro was now working with the Soviet Union it frightened them. The CIA had funded, trained, supplied, and deployed Cuban exiles to invade Cuba. They sent in a full-scale invasion of 1,400 American trained Cubans who had fled the country when Fidel came into power, although the invasion did not go well. The invaders were tremendously outnumbered by Castro’s troops and had surrendered after fighting for merely less than twenty four hours. It can be argued that Fidel knew that the United States was targeting him and Cuba so as a way to defend himself he thought the idea of …show more content…
Khrushchev refused to announce to the public about the missile deployments which is why the United States acted out the way it did. The Soviet Union had secretly planted these missiles that were aimed at the United States. It’s not a good sign to point missiles at someone in secret. On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy called for a National Security meeting and went on live television to say a speech. He began his speech by letting the public know that “unmistakable evidence has” been established. He continues on by saying that “offensive missile sites [are] now in preparation on that imprisoned island[Cuba]” In this speech Kennedy wanted to point out that those who lie about nuclear weapons can not be trusted and those people were the Soviet Union. The Soviet government made it public that the placement of these bombs “and military equipment sent to Cuba are designed exclusively for defensive purposes,". Also In a letter to the United States President, Khruschev stated, “The thing is we were not going to unleash war,” “We just wanted to intimidate [United States], to deter the anti-Cuban forces.” It’s clear that Khruschev, regardless of Kennedy’s intentions, was set to show resolve but, if the United States were to