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cuba in the coldwar HOLDYN PRIDGEN SS2 4-11-14

By pininsince99
  • formation of NATO

    formation of NATO

    North Altlantic Treaty Organization
  • Fidel castro

    Fidel castro

    Cuba declares Fidel Castro to be the new premier and president
  • OPEC founded

    OPEC founded

    OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) is founded by Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela to coordinate petroleum production and pricing.
  • bay of pigs invasion

    bay of pigs invasion

    Intended to overthrow the revolutionary left wing government of Fidel Castro.
  • berlin wall

    berlin wall

    Berlin wall was created to seperate East Germans from West Germans
  • THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

    THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

    It happened when the Soviet Union began building missile sites in Cuba in 1962. this crisis is seen as one of the most important confrontations of the Cold War. It may have been the moment when the Cold War came closest to a nuclear war.
  • Russia With Cuba

    Russia With Cuba

    After conferring with Raul Castro, Che Guevara, Osvaldo Dorticos and Blas Roca, Fidel Castro informs the visiting Soviet officials that Cuba will accept the deployment of nuclear weapons.
  • Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    Killed by Lee Harvey Oswald