1945 - present Mexico, Cuba and Central America

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1992 - the UN brokered a

Peace agreement

2015 - the U.S. restored

Political ties

We're killed during war including st. Archbishop Oscar Romero

Priests and nuns

Cuba gained independence in

Spanish american war

Which president offered Columbia $10 million for a stretch of land 10 miles wide

Teddy Roosevelt

U.S. gained control of

Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines

Castro heard of the plan and

Quickly defeated the exiles

Gained support and left a gorilla war against the Batista government

Rebels

1990 - held free elections Violetta Chamorro was elected president

Sandinistas

Created social programs for poor

Sandinistas

Redistributed land (land reform)

Sandinistas

These reforms angered the wealthy elite

Sandinistas

We're Marxists

Sandinistas

We're leftists who wanted dramatic change

Sandinistas

The U.S. trained the Cuban exiles so they can

Invade and overthrow castor

Marxist =

Karl Marx

Many exiles were

Killed or captured

Land reforms

Leftists

We're often Marxist/ communist

Leftists

Who was in the civil war

Leftists (marxists) v. right wing v. Government

Disagreed with Castro and fled to the U.S.

Many Cubans

Castros government was

Nationalized

The U.S. response to the missiles was to set up a

Naval blockade and a quarantine of Cuba

U.S. made Cuba include the platt amendment in

New Cuban constitution

Eventually they backed down from the missiles

Soviet Union

Was given permission to build missile bases in Cuba

Soviet Union

Bay of pigs invasion

Operation ORTSAC

Daniel Ortega and Sandinistas -

Overthrew government and seized power

Declared independence

Panama

Captured exiles we're

Tried and held by Cuba

The missile range could reach the

U.S.

U.S. backed Cuba

The platt amendment

Liberal - want dramatic change

leftists

Limit the power of the church

leftists

Supported by lower classes

leftists

This brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the

Brink of the nuclear war

Created a socialist nation

Castro

Declared Cuba a Marxist (communist) state

Castro

Established one party rule

Castro

Had gained power by 1959

Castro

Who's government took over foreign owned businesses (sugar)

Castro

Was caught in the middle of the war

Catholic Church

1970s - 1980s :

Civil war

Refused the money from teddy Roosevelt

Columbia

Conservative - no change

Conservative right

Contras were the

Conservative right

Limit civil freedom of speech, press, etc

Conservative right

Preserve power of the church

Conservative right

Preserve traditional social system

Conservative right

Supported by the classes

Conservative right

Opposed the Sandinistas

Contras

We're backed by U.S.

Contras

Took aid from Soviet Union

Cuba

increased the literacy rate

Cuba

October 1962 -

Cuban Missile Crisis

Stated U.S. had the right to intervene in

Cuban affairs

In the 1900s the collapse of the Soviet Union hurt

Cuban economy

The U.S. agreed to a $50 million payment of food ansd medicine in exchange for the return of the

Cuban exiles

Who did the U.S. secretly train

Cuban exiles

built housing, schools, and hosptials

Cuban people

There was a long ___________ that killed many and hurt economy

Guerrilla war

The U.S. military aid was sent to

Defeat leftists

Only 14 families held the best land, most was unused

El Salvador

In 1962 U.S. placed a trade ________ on Cuba

Embargo

Is a complete halt of trade

Embargo

Who were the rebels led by in the 1950s

Fidel Castro

Took power in Cuba in 1934

Fulgencio Batista

Who's regime collapsed

Fulgenico Batista

This was the ________ time in Latin America a revolutionary leader gave up power to winner of democratic election

1st

1979 rebels overthrew dictator

Anastasio Somoza

Who did Cuba turn further to for aid

The Soviet Union

190$ - They were granted 10 mile wide Canal Zone to build Panama Canal

The U.S.

Encouraged rebels in Panama to revolt against Columbia

The U.S.

In 1961 they attempted to overthrow Castro

The U.S.


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