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Cold War In Latin America

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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CUBA AND NICARAGUA

COLD WAR GOES SOUTH OF THE BORDER
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CUBAN REVOLUTION

1959 - FIDEL CASTRO
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US INTERESTS

  • Colony gained by Spanish-American war
  • Owned almost all of its utilities and mining and half it's sugar
  • Miles off of Florida's coast
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BAY OF PIGS INVASION

CIA PLANNED - FAILED 1961
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CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

1962 KENNEDY AND KRUSCHEV
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NICARAGUA

  • 1978 Overthrow of Somoza - dictator
  • 1980s Sandinistas (USSR) v. Contras (US)
  • Daniel Ortega becomes President
  • Iran-Contra Affair

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