Cuba presented a threat to the United States because they were close to the U.S. mainland and communist
Explanation:
- Establishing of diplomatic relations between Soviet Union and Cuba in May 1959 Cuba entered the area of their interest.
- Cuba thus secured a strong economic partner and hoped to become a model for gaining national independence for all Latin American countries.
- In the US, this was considered an attempt to bring communism to South and Central America and was completely unacceptable to them.
- The alliance between Cuba and the USSR was of mutual benefit.
- The Soviets were now able to make up for the tactical disadvantage due to the distance of US territories that Cuba could reach from mid-range nuclear missiles, and Cuba saw in the Soviets the most important trading partner and the protective cloak that secured Castro's rule.
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