... was Krushchevs' dream come true In the year 1895 Cuban revolutionaries started an independence war hopeful to free themselves from the Spanish. The Cuban's succeeded in 1898 with American assistance. However now that the Cuban's were free from Spain they were now under an American regime. Even though Cuba was a "democracy- where all ... known as the USA trade embargo. Castro's response to this cut of trade was to turn to communists aid so he called on the help of the Soviets. This resulted in the Soviets becoming the main trading partner to Cuba and also provided much needed military an...

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