During the Spanish American War the Cubans were in the middle of a war for Independence that wasn't going well. When the Spanish American war broke out the Cubans agreed to help the united states if they were guaranteed Independence after the war the United States. The United States also got some valuable trade advantages and strategically located naval bases in return.
The other contributing factor was that the USA didn't want to be a conquering imperialist power like the Europeans and it wouldn't be fun to have to fight the Cuban guerrilla army that the Spanish had failed to defeat for nearly 10 years.
Two years after the Batista regime was deposed by the Cuban revolution, the U.S. placed an embargo on exports to Cuba on February 1962. This was extended to include almost all imports.
because America is fat and Obama had a fight with cuba when he was only little also cuba has lots of weed and America is jelous.
Cuba was granted independence by the US in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War.
blockade, because U.S blocked the soviets from direct contact with the cubans
When Cuba had a revolution from America, and became a Communist country, the U.S. blocked off trades, and banned American's from going to Cuba.
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There are no herbs imported to the US from Cuba. The US does not trade with Cuba.
There is a trade embargo with Cuba, the US does not trade anything with Cuba.
Cuba is an island nation, and the US is not.
No, the US has never owned Cuba.
Andrew Carnegie objected to US intervention in Cuba.
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The US liked Cuba for its good sugar and tobacco plantations. During the Spanish-American war the US fought with Cuba. Afterward US and Cuba became closely linked economically
Santiago de Cuba.
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