LACS 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Benito Mussolini, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Latin American and Caribbean Studies
• Course: LACS 1002
• Professor: Silvina Danesi

Document Summary

1959-1961: defining the direction of the revolution; fidel did not have a clear plan for the future; not a communist; fidel toured us wanted its support; April 1959: castro"s trip to the us. 1959: exiles; agrarian reform; executions; che guevara executed 600 of batista"s regime. February 1960: trade treaties with the soviet union; nationalizations; soviet union started to purchase sugar from cuba in exchange for oil. Confrontation begins; us refineries: refused to refine oil from the soviet union oil; nationalization. May 1960: reestablishment of diplomatic relations with the soviet union. January 1961: us broke diplomatic relations with cuba; us embargo el bloqueo . April 1961: bay of pigs invasion; planned by eisenhower, not kennedy; organized by cia; Kennedy was convinced castro was a threat and implemented the plan; authorized invasion of cuba to kill fidel castro without consulting congress; Dec. 1961: castro proclaimed the socialist character of the revolution. 1962: executive order from kennedy to extend the embargo against cuba.