The Americans gained control of Cuba in the late nineteenth century and by 1950 supported a shady regime under Fulgencio Batista, who took control of Cuba by force in 1933. By the late 50’s, the Americans controlled the Cuban economy. Fed up with Batista’s corrupt regime, Fidel Castro, a lawyer with a liberal national background, organized a coup and seized the Cuban government. Once in power, Castro nationalized the US owned companies in Cuba, destroying relations …showed first 75 words of 663 total…

…showed last 75 words of 663 total…Finally, Khrushchev was dismissed as the Soviet leader in 1964, mainly for his poor showing in the Cuban Missile Crisis. A little over a year later, President Kennedy was assassinated. The Cuban Missile Crisis pitted the two superpowers, the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R., against one another. In the end, through a diplomatic frenzy and naval quarantine, the U.S.A. was able to come out on top as the clear victor.