Earth quakes easyally
this is because they placed there self's in an amazingly siesmick location example (they had an earthquake that reached and 8.7 in the Richter scale in its early life of a country).
Fun fact: the Cuban Missile Crisis almost sparked another World War, which would result in America becoming a different country than it is today. Heck, we wouldn't even exist.
Anyways, here are some facts of the Cuban Missile Crisis:
-Fidel Castro assumes power in Cuba
-Cuba aligns with the Soviet Union
-US terminates diplomatic relations with Cuba
-Bay of Pigs invasion fails resulting in a bad image of President JFK.
-Missile Sites were photographed in Cuba, and the crisis ends with US and the Soviet Union making a pact to remove missile bases in Turkey and Cuba.
In a nutshell, the cruel and unusual punishment clause measures a particular punishment against society's prohibition against inhuman treatment. It prevents the government from imposing a penalty that is either barbaric or far too severe for the crime committed.
