Fidel Castro sought help from the Soviet Union primarily for economic and military support following the Cuban Revolution, which established a communist government in Cuba. The U.S. imposed trade embargoes and hostile policies against Cuba, prompting Castro to turn to the USSR for aid. The Soviet Union provided essential resources, including military equipment and financial assistance, which strengthened Castro's regime and allowed it to withstand U.S. pressure. Additionally, alignment with the Soviet bloc was part of Castro's broader ideological commitment to communism.
Since the revolution, the Soviet Union had been supporting Cuba. Ernesto Guevara was given the task of being the treasurer of Cuba and the Cuban dollar dropped in a week. With the Soviet Union's support cease in 1989, Cuba has managed with the country's tourism.
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An alliance with Russia would help prevent America from invading or interfering with his communist dictatorship over Cuba.
The president of Cuba is currently Fidel Castro. Fidel is now sick and has turned to his brother Raul Castro for help. In this very moment Fidel is guiding Raul on what to do!! Think of Raul as the vice president. P.S. Fidel has led a dictatorship for at least ten years or more! What we can find here in America is usually unreachable to Cubans. Cuba has disrupted and . destroyed little by little thanks to Fidel :(
Because the cuban militia and its army were prepared an already scared of a US attack. Also because the men attacking cuba were promised US air support but JFK declined the support fearing the Soviet response to the attack
Yes, missiles from the Soviet Union were transported to and assembled in Cuba before the 1963 Cuban missile crisis.In the documentary movie "The Fog of War", Robert McNamara (then the Secretary of Defense for the Kennedy administration) tells of a discussion of his in the 1990's with Cuba's leader Fidel Castro. McNamara recalls that Castro said he not only had nuclear warheads available on the island, but that he would have used them on the US if the US had invaded. Stunned by this McNamara asked if Castro would do this knowing full-well that the US would respond with overwhelming nuclear force, and Castro answered "Yes."I recommend you read about the Cuban Missile Crisis on Wikipedia and there's an excellent little book on the Cold War titled "The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction" by Oxford university press.
American forces with help of Cuban exiles...they were trying to overthrow Communist leader Fidel Castro.
The Soviet Union, other ComBloc countries (via the Soviet Union), China, and Cambodia.
He didn't necessarily hate Fidel Castro, but America thought that Fidel was a communist, and because of Cuba was right next to America, they thought that is was "communism on their door step". Fidel was quite chummy with Khrushchev but NOT communist, and when America stopped trading with them, Khrushchev offered to step in and help them. Thi lead to Fidel becoming communist, and because Cuba was so close to America, they considered this as a sign that communism was spreading.
The satellites help provide buffer for the soviet union because they can track which invader is coming toward their border or see if any bombs are heading toward the nation of the soviet union
The Soviet reoccupation of Afghanistan early in Gorbachev's presidency