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During The Cold War, The Conflict Between Honduras, And Nicaragua
South America was a major player in the events of the Cold War, being the stronghold of revolutionaries, spies, and rebellions, all concerning the politics that the Soviet Union and the United States brought to South America. Specifically, Cuba and Mexico were major areas of conflict between the Soviet Union and The United States. With communist regimes slowly extending its reach in the southern hemisphere, panic spread on a major scale in the United States, leading to their intervention throughout South America in attempt to stop the communist agenda being conveyed by new revolutionaries like Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.

During the late 1940’s, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
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However, only Honduras and Nicaragua were able to figure out how to end their long-standing contention and accomplish rapprochement. In 1959-1961, the Honduran and Nicaraguan presidents marked an agreement that tended to the danger of insurgents who were utilizing the disputed region between them to dispatch assaults against either country. This acknowledged a decision on their long-lasting debate on the ownership of the disputed region by the International Court of Justice and lastly solidified congenial relations between Honduras and Nicaragua at the 1961 presidential …show more content…
Kennedy and his cabinet discovered that the Soviet Union was introducing atomic medium-range ballistic missiles in Cuba. With these hostile weapons, which posed as an advanced and very real risk to Americans, the Soviet Union was able to communicate the terrifying lengths at which they could now go to threaten the United States. The new leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro, was the first dictator to successfully establish communism in the western hemisphere by successfully overthrowing Fulgencio Batista with the help of Che Guevara. Guevara, a solid rival of the United States, guided the Castro administration towards its vital arrangement with the Soviet Union and frightened the United States with his strong ties to the communist agenda. By this point, Cuba was ending up progressively reliant on the Soviet Union for monetary and military help. Because of the new fear from the United States over the successfulness of Castro’s regime and the implementation of missiles from the Soviet Union in Cuba, John F. Kennedy and the CIA attempted to push Castro from power by establishing the Bay of Pigs invasion tactics. The Bay of Pigs were severely outnumbered by Castro's troops, and they surrendered after under 24 hours of battling. The result of the failed infiltration left Cuba in communist hands, but with further negotiation with the Soviet Union, the missiles were moved and a potential new war was avoided. Che Guevara fled Cuba and headed to Bolivia to lead powers

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