They showed how, after Khrushchev’s backdown, the Soviet Union’s “offensive” missiles ... of Soviet military manpower in Cuba; McNamara also plucked to pieces the notion that the Russians ...

This past Saturday, a government official in Cuba acknowledged that the nation is on the brink of a scenario where fuel ...

the Soviet Union and sometimes China played for political pre-eminence in the Third World. By deftly manipulating the opportunities afforded Cuba by the Cold War, he managed to turn his island ...

Cuba is receiving less oil from Venezuela and Russia, its political allies. The country has been going through its worst ...

In retaliation, the US stopped all aid to Cuba, and all imports of Cuban sugar. This was a huge blow, as sugar was the core of the Cuban economy. Castro asked the Soviet Union for help.

Castro was infuriated to discover that the Soviet Union would treat Cuba just as the United States had -- as an insignificant island in the middle of the Caribbean. In the end, Castro emerged a ...