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General Fulgencio Batista used a coup d’état to Gain power over Cuba.
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They made publicity campaigns and geurilla warfare after there failed invasion.
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General Fulgencio Batista fled because the loss of power, and the new rebellion against him
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A plan involving Cubans who fled Cuba and wanted to overthrow Castro to make life better.
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By this time, all political and economic relations between the US and Cuba ended.
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On April 17, 1961, the CIA-backed force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed at the swampy Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s southern coast.
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On October 23, 1961, a poll showed that one-fifth of Americans believed World War III was coming soon.
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intelligence reports noted a dramatic increase in the cooperation between Cuba and the Soviet Union. The CIA suspected these shipments included weapons.
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In 1965, a revolution threatened to overthrow the government of the Dominican Republic. The U.S. government feared that this revolution would result in a communist takeover, as it had in nearby Cuba.
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