JFK has fun petting the Democratic Donkey
What's up with Cuba? |
In the 1950s, Fidel Castro led a guerrilla movement against the Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista. Castro became premier of the new government once Batista fled the country on January 1, 1959. At first, the United States supported the Castro government bit this changed when Castro seized American-owned sugar estates and cattle ranches in Cuba. The United States subsequently embargoed trade with Cuba, and the CIA began covert operations to topple Castro. In 1960, Castro openly embraced Communism and signed Cuba's first trade agreement with the Soviet Union.
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30-Second bit of JFK Civil Rights Address