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General Fulgencia Batista was a military dictator with a reputation for corruption and harsh treatment of his enemies. He had taken over the Cuban government in a sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from the government.
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Fidel Castro resumed his effort with a group of about 80 followers. They returned to Cuba, from Mexico, in December , in an invasion that they wanted to lead to great victory. The invasion failed, but the survivors hid in Cuba and launched guerrilla warfare operations.
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Was an invasion of Cuba but the mission was poorly kept a secret and Cuban force of 20,000 easily overwhelmed the invaders, capturing about 1,100 men and imprisoning them. Needless to say the mission was a failure.
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This was the general name for Kennedy's plan against the Soviets that would give them moreflexability to what they may do against the Soviets.
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Kennedy started the alliance for progress. It aimed to establish economic cooperation between the U.S. and Latin America.It was made up of America and 22 Latin American countries.
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All political and economic relations between the United States and Cuba had ended by this time.
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the administration knew with certainty that Cuba had the missiles and the launching capacity to attack the United States. Thdey just didn't knowif or when it would occur.
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The Cuban Missile crisis ends after Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agrees to remove Russian missiles from Cuba in exchange for a promise from the United States to respect Cuba's boundaries.
