A Cold War Analysis: Fidel Castro and the US

The end of the Castro rule in Cuba may serve as an advantage for Donald Trump’s mission to completely eradicate the communism ideology and government from Cuba. After the long-standing hostility between Fidel Castro and the US which made its debut in the Cold War, former president Barack Obama worked on strengthening these ties and even spent three days in Cuba where the former American president

said that he had gone to, “bury the last remnant of the Cold War in theAmericas,” (Córdoba, Carol.“Obama, Addressing Cuba, Says It’S Time To ‘Bury’ The Cold War ." WSJ. N. p., 2019. Web. 21 May 2019.)

The constant deteriorating relationship. between Cuba and the US reached its peak after the Missile Crisis of October 1962, where the Soviet Union and the US immersed into a 13 day day political and military standoff, in reaction to the nuclear missiles that were placed by the Soviet Union in Cuba, just 90 miles off American shores.

The crisis began through the secret agreement in July 1962, between Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro, by both parties agreeing to place and store Soviet Nuclear missiles in Cuba. The intention to protect the Soviet Union from any further attempts of invasion from the US. However, the agreement didn’t last for long in secrecy, as during routine surveillance flights from the US, the build-up of Soviet arms on Cuban Territory were noticed. In response to this, President Kennedy broadcasted a public message against the influx of weaponry into
humiliation, but a variety of military options in the event of aggression and an opportunity for time and manoeuvre in the instruments of diplomacy, and a balanced approach to every crisis which combined both defence and diplomacy” ("Cuban Missile Crisis: A Historical Perspective | JFK Library." Jfklibrary.org. N. p., 2019. Web. 21 May 2019.)

In response to avoid the brink of another possible nuclear war in the future, the two countries secured what was known as a Hotline, which was a direct telephone link between the White House and Kremlin.

This pivotal turning point in history, observes the destroyed relationship between Castro and the U.S. This was primarily triggered by the Cuban revolution and the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista; the elected President at the time, by Castro, who brought the communist movement into Cuba. This, however, did not result in the cutting of diplomatic ties, unlike the Bay of Pigs invasion, where the CIA attempted to overthrow the Cuban government, but were extremely unsuccessful, which brought in negative opinions on Kennedy from the US public. Although, no one had seen worse times that during the Missile crisis, with the world’s biggest superpowers on the edge of a nuclear war, and the consequences of miscommunication and anger at its worst. In the midst of the crisis, on the 24th of October, Khrushchev replied to Kennedy’s message with a public statement that the U.S. “blockade” was an “act of aggression” (“Milestones: 1961–1968 - Office Of The Historian." History.state.gov. N. p., 2019. Web. 22 May 2019.), fully summing up Cuba’s attitude towards US, which confirms the result of miscommunication that led to this almost nuclear world destruction.