Communism In Cuba
↦How successful were the USA’s attempts to contain
Communism in Cuba, 1959-1961?
Until 1959 Cuba was an American ally, ruled by Fulgencio Batista. Although he was a dictator, he was heavily backed up by Americans which was important as most of the businesses were owned by Americans. However, in January of
1959, Batista was overthrown by Castro, the leader of guerrilla, in a revolution.
He was strongly socialist, and started reforms on Cuba by distributing land between peasants, called the Agrarian reform and nationalising industries meaning exchanging the American ones for Cuban, which angered the americans as it led to them losing a lot of profit and a country from their sphere of influence started becoming one under the communist sphere of influence. As
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The Bay of Pigs fiasco showed that President Kennedy was weak and strongly humiliated the newly appointed president of USA, especially in front of
Khrushchev which got him thinking that Kennedy was too young and inexperienced for his position. On the other hand, it is arguable that Castro’s position in Cuba strengthened even more. However, it was also clear to Castro and USSR that the USA were unwilling to get directly involved in Cuba, despite
USA being strongly anti-Communist and Cuba being declared a Communist nation by Castro in December 1961. After this attempt Castro asked
Khrushchev to provide them with arms to protect Cuba from future invasions by the USA as both leaders became suspicious of the US policy.
In 1961 the USA had tried to overthrow Castro and Communism from Cuba using different ways. However, Castro remained the leader of Cuba and the relation between Cuba and USSR tightened, making Cuba be one step closer to being under the Soviet sphere of influence and more and more Communist. That is an obvious failure for USA as they have achieved the opposite of what they attempted to do between the years of 1959 and
Communism in Cuba, 1959-1961?
Until 1959 Cuba was an American ally, ruled by Fulgencio Batista. Although he was a dictator, he was heavily backed up by Americans which was important as most of the businesses were owned by Americans. However, in January of
1959, Batista was overthrown by Castro, the leader of guerrilla, in a revolution.
He was strongly socialist, and started reforms on Cuba by distributing land between peasants, called the Agrarian reform and nationalising industries meaning exchanging the American ones for Cuban, which angered the americans as it led to them losing a lot of profit and a country from their sphere of influence started becoming one under the communist sphere of influence. As
a …show more content…
The Bay of Pigs fiasco showed that President Kennedy was weak and strongly humiliated the newly appointed president of USA, especially in front of
Khrushchev which got him thinking that Kennedy was too young and inexperienced for his position. On the other hand, it is arguable that Castro’s position in Cuba strengthened even more. However, it was also clear to Castro and USSR that the USA were unwilling to get directly involved in Cuba, despite
USA being strongly anti-Communist and Cuba being declared a Communist nation by Castro in December 1961. After this attempt Castro asked
Khrushchev to provide them with arms to protect Cuba from future invasions by the USA as both leaders became suspicious of the US policy.
In 1961 the USA had tried to overthrow Castro and Communism from Cuba using different ways. However, Castro remained the leader of Cuba and the relation between Cuba and USSR tightened, making Cuba be one step closer to being under the Soviet sphere of influence and more and more Communist. That is an obvious failure for USA as they have achieved the opposite of what they attempted to do between the years of 1959 and