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Fidel Castro leads a revolt against the Batista regime.
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During the Cuban Revolution, the economy was unstable. Many Cubans suffered badly because they had no jobs and struggled to earn a decent living.
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba. The U.S. State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) attempted to push Castro from power.
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The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union concerning Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba.
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The U.S. was starting to get involved in Cuba and other Latin American countries. They wanted to help they countries economically and politically; they wanted to keep communism out of Cuba.
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