contributed greatly to the Cuban Missile Crisis is the ‘Bay of Pigs’ invasion in April‚ 1962. It was essentially an illegal attempt which was encouraged and funded by the CIA/Cuban Exiles to invade Cuba. The Americans felt it necessary to invade when Fidel Castro came to rule‚ turned his country into a communist nation and nationalized all American companies. This process of nationalization ensured that Cuba gained the benefits from privately owned American companies.The Americans failed miserably‚ and
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18 in the United States. Cuba is surrounded by countries used as cartel way stations. Latin American drug flows to the United States are shifting away from Mexico and toward the Caribbean. Fidel Castro ran into a drug smuggling scandal during his tenure as president. In return for massive payoffs‚ Fidel Castro was providing the protection of Cuban ports and territorial waters to major drug smugglers shuttling between Latin America and the southeastern United States. In 1989‚ a high ranking military
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Bay of Pigs. The president had also told a senator of his plans to get rid of the whole CIA together (Hager 2). Another issue that the CIA and Kennedy had was regarding Fidel Castro‚ the Prime Minister of Cuba. The CIA wanted Castro gone and were mad at Kennedy for being unable to get rid of him (“Cuba” 1). The CIA also wanted Castro dead‚ and they attempted to kill him at
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Pazor Vue World History Period.1 Mr. Dixon June 5‚ 2014 Cold War Analyze and evaluate the key causes and outcomes of the Cold War. Critique how the Cold War helped to promote peace or justified ongoing armed conflict. Based upon scholarly evidence‚ could the Cold War have been prevented? Examine how the Cold War is having an impact on the world today. Elaborate upon key social‚ economic‚ and political movements that occurred during
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weakness will do anything to stay powerful. Before Cuba became allies with the Soviet Union they were associated with the Americans. Fidel Castro the current leader of Cuba came in and overthrew the previous leader and started to do what he believed was right. Thousands of Cubans left when he came into powers‚ but many stayed because they had the same views as Castro. He sided with the Soviet Union and took the economic resources they offered. The US saw this as a threat. This allowed the Soviet Union
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The United States came to be involved in the Cold War because even before World War II ended‚ there were signs of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Once the fighting was over‚ those tensions grew to create what became known as the Cold War. The Cold War was a long and dangerous rivalry between the two former allies that would cast its shadow over international affairs and American domestic life for more than four decades. The United States came to be involved in the Cold War
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On March 5th 1953‚ Joseph Stalin died of a stroke‚ causing the Communist Party to become politically crippled. The Soviet government had to re-establish the party before mass panic arose within the people‚ which stalled the Soviet government from serious action until 1955 (Central Intelligence Agency). Nikita Khrushchev became the new leader of the Soviets in 1953‚ right after Stalin’s death. In 1956 though‚ Khrushchev gave a six hour speech to the 20th congress of the Communist Party that denounced
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right‚ but the discussion of the topic is crucial. The tragic of the day traumatized the American nation. The death of JFK has raised many questions‚ and have given a rise to many debates and conspiracy theories; The Warren Commission‚ the Mafia‚ and Castro in Cuba. On November 22‚ 1963 John F. Kennedy was shot at 12.30 PM riding an open limousine through Dallas‚ Texas with his wife‚ and governor of Texas‚ John Connelly. He was shot in both the head and neck by a sniper‚ and then taken to Parkland
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Who was responsible for the assassination of JFK? John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the 35th president of the united states‚ was assassinated at 12:30 pm on Friday‚ November 22‚ 1963‚ in Dealey Plaza‚ Dallas‚ Texas. Despite the many imaginative conspiracy theories such as‚ the Mafia‚ FBI‚ or CIA being directly responsible for the assassination‚ the most plausible and logical explanation is that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK. This particular theory is most credible due to the evidence
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of his death wrote‚ "The day the country cried". Unlike previous presidential assassinations‚ the JFK assassination is one that is filled the conspiracy theories. Such theories include a Government cover-up‚ Mafia influence and Cuban President Fidel Castro. The idea of a lone mind‚ Lee Harvey Oswald‚ plotting to kill President Kennedy is too simple. In the eyes of scholars there is simply no way that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Even with the growing number of bogus theories‚ there are a number
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