
The Cuban Missile Crisis: tensions mount
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US Farm Policy in Latin America
In 1898, the US establishes a protectorate over Cuba. It reserves for itself the right to intervene militarily in Cuba and also establish a naval base at Guantanamo. In the early part of the 20th century, there's just a catalogue of military interventions and occupations in Nicaragua and Haiti. And you can see that continuing in the 1950s once you get to the Eisenhower presidency.
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