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Jacobo Arbenz Guzman began importing Soviet weapons. In response the United States sent wweapons to Honduras. Then an army from Honduras wnet in to Guatemala and overthrew Guzman.
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Fidel Castro overthrows Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. U.S. recognizes Castro as new leader. Regardless Castro criticises the U.S. Cuba then establishes a relationship with the Soviet Union.
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Imminent threat of Cuba leads to the planning of a future invasion
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1,400 Cuban exiles are trained by the CIA and sent to invade Cuba. When they landed the Cuban people did not join their side and they were surrounded and forced to surrender.
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Easily defeated after two days
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Planned to remove the Communist Castro regime from power in Cuba
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Castro regime remained in power
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The Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba, in respoonse the U.S. started a blockade.JFK calls for the removal of WMD'd from Cuba. No one really wanted to be the first to fire. The Soviet Union backs down and removes the missiles. The U.S. then lifts the blockade, promises not to invade Cuba, and withdrawls missiles from Turkey.
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Public warning against the transportation and constuction of Soviet missiles into Cuba
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The images of ongoing construction of bases reaches the White House and the Cuban Missile Crisis begins
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The use of “quarantine” legally distinguished this action from a blockade, which assumed a state of war existed; the use of “quarantine” instead of “blockade” also enabled the Unites States to receive the support of the Organization of American States.
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A long, emotional message that raised the specter of nuclear holocaust
