Fidel appointed his brother Raoul as his successor.
There were Letters to Nikita Khrushchev from Fidel Castro regarding defending Cuban air space and Letters to Fidel Castro from Nikita Khrushchev advising him to remain firm against US aggression but before all this happened, Nikita Khrushchev had just made a decision that would help ensure that the lives of Fidel Castro and McGeorge Bundy, the future national security adviser of a future president, John F. Kennedy, would become deeply entwined. For thirty years neither Bundy nor any other American could have known that in the midst of Castro's successful Operation, the Kremlin was planning a covert operation to assist the Cuban army at the explicit request of the Cuban leader's brother Raul.
The Cuban leader was Fidel Castro, his supporter was the Soviet Nikita Khrushchev, the American leader was John Fritzgerald Kennedy.
United States (President John F. Kennedy), Soviet Union (Premier Nikita Khrushchev), and Cuba (Fidel Castro)
The leader of the United States was President John F. Kennedy & Soviet General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev was the USSR leader.
Countries involved in the Cuban missile crisis were Cuba, USA and USSR. Their leaders were Fidel Castro of the Cuban Communist government, President John F. Kennedy of the USA, and Nikita Khrushchev of the USSR. It's important to know which leaders were involved, however, Fidel Castro views were not important. He was a minor player. Whatever Kennedy and Khrushchev decided he had to support. If not he would have lost the USSR as a "friend". And at that time, his only friend was the Soviet Union. China was not a factor.
In early 1963, Fidel Castro had been invited to meet with Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow. It is important to note that it was the "new" Cuban leader travelling to Moscow and not Khrushchev meeting Castro in Havana. Reportedly the purpose was to assure and smooth over any of Castro's fears of becoming sacrificed to allow for better relations between the USSR and the West. Based on Castro's speeches upon his return to Cuba, it appeared that any ill feelings between the two nations had been healed when Castro met with the leaders in Moscow.
I don't think you could call Khrushchev and Castro friends. More like allies with a common enemy. Khrushchev would have been the superior of the two as the leader of the Soviet Union and I think he would have looked upon Castro as a leader of a Soviet satellite nation. Castro hadn't been the leader of Cuba for very long when he forged his alliance with Khrushchev. Having Khrushchev as an ally would have given him some much needed power on the world stage and protected his position in Cuba. For Khrushchev 's part Cuba gave him a foothold off the coast of the United States which he would have considered valuable for the Soviet purposes.
Nikita Khrushchev, who succeeded Joseph Stalin. He threatened the United States to nuclear damnation at every conceivable opportunity and gave Fidel Castro full military support during the Bay of Pigs. What a great guy.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan to visit Cuba's new leader Fidel Castro. Not long after this visit, the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Fidel Castro's brother is Ra
Fulgencio Batista .