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Cuba became a focal point of Cold War tensions in the early 1960s primarily due to the 1959 Cuban Revolution, where Fidel Castro established a communist government, aligning with the Soviet Union. The failed U.S. invasion at the Bay of Pigs in April 1961 intensified hostilities, leading to increased Soviet support for Cuba. The situation escalated further with the discovery of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba in October 1962, leading to the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

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