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1. Fidel Castro broke ties with the US in 1961 and allied with the Soviet Union instead, establishing Soviet-style collective farms and confiscating US assets. 2. The failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 saw 1400 US-trained Cuban exiles attempt to overthrow Castro, but they were outnumbered and surrendered in less than 24 hours. 3. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, the US and Soviet Union engaged in a tense 13-day standoff over the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba, just 90 mi

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