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taken over the Cuban government in a coup
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On January 1, 1959, Batista fled Cuba, and Castro’s group took control of the nation.
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The CIA-backed force of 1,400 Cuban refugees landed at the swampy Bay of Pigs on Cuba’s southern coast. A Cuban force of 20,000 easily overwhelmed the invaders, capturing about 1,100 men and imprisoning them. Eventually, the U.S. government secured the release of prisoners by paying ransom of $53 million in medicine and food
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In 1962, intelligence reports noted a dramatic increase in the cooperation between Cuba and the Soviet Union.
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The US and Soviet Union got into an conflict and was on the edge of using nuclear weapons against each other.
