Question

Which statement abou the Cuban middle is true

Answer 1

Answer:

After waging a successful guerrilla war against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro came to power on January 1, 1959. Castro was not yet a communist, and US policymakers initially took a cautious wait-and-see approach to his regime. Over the course of 1959 and 1960, US-Cuban relations worsened due to Castro’s anti-US rhetoric and radical policies, especially his refusal to hold elections. When it became clear that Castro intended to pursue an alliance with the Soviet Union, President

Explanation:

The origins of the Cuban Missile Crisis lie in the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, during which US-supported Cuban exiles hoping to foment an uprising against Castro were overpowered by the Cuban armed forces. After the invasion, Castro turned to the Soviets for protection against future US aggression. The Soviets provided Cuba with nuclear weapons on the condition that the deal would remain secret until the missiles were fully operational.^1  

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start superscript, 1, end superscript Khrushchev claimed that his motivation for providing Cuba with nuclear weaponry was to safeguard the Cuban Revolution against US aggression and to alter the global balance of power in favor of the Soviet Union.

Answer 2

I am not sure which specific information you are looking for but here’s what I know: During the Cuban Missile crisis the Soviet Union or USSR set missile in Cuba secretly, when the U.S found out they considered the missiles a threat due to the fact that Cuba is really close to the U.S and because the U.S didn’t have any missiles that could reach the USSR during the time. John F. Kennedy who was the U.S president at the time made an agreement with Nikita Khrushchev leader of the USSR, the agreement consisted for the USSR to remove all missiles from Cuba as long as the U.S didn’t invade Cuba. The USSR also wanted for the U.S to remove its missiles from Turkey but that didn’t make it into the agreement. Hope this helps!