CubaKhadijah Hickson

Fidel Castro Breaks Ties with U.S. and Allies Himself with the Soviet Union

• Castro established military court of justice for political opponents and put them in jail. He denied Cuban’s military pact with the United States and established collectivism farms just like the Soviet Union.

Fidel Castro Breaks Ties with U.S. and Allies Himself with the Soviet Union

• As of January 3rd the United States broke relations with Cuba due to that Castro formed alliance with the Soviet Union which ended in thousands fleeing the country.

Bay of Pigs Disaster

• The United Sates approached to invade Cuba which was led by President John F Kennedy in 1961. During the time of the invasion he didn’t allow the US air support to get involved.

Bay of Pigs Disaster

• They failed the land on the Bay of Pigs on April 17th 1961. Therefore Cuban support was repelled by the Cuban military.

Soviet-Missile Crisis

• This involved the United States and the Soviet Union. Cuba used a threat to use missiles ninety miles from the United States. It created a tense thirteen wait days to see if Cuba would remove the missiles.

Soviet-Missile Crisis

• United states and Cuba came to an agreement of if they would remove the missile as long as the US wouldn’t invade. Before the agreement the United States made it clear that they were ready to use military force.

Castro Retirement

• 81-year-old Castro released a public statement declaring that he was not healthy enough to campaign in the upcoming parliamentary elections. This was seventeen months after his emergency surgery on his intestinal.

Castro Retirement

• When Castro announced his retirement, he couldn’t run for another term as president. His brother, Raul Castro became the next president for Cuba in 2008.

Cuba Beginning to Win Small Freedoms

• The International Covenant on Civil and Political rights and the international covenant of economics, social and cultural rights was signed by Felipe Roque. Which allows the citizens have the right to work, free wages, education, mental and physical rights

Cuba Beginning to Win Small Freedoms

• The government isn’t so harsh on the land restrictions for private farmers, so they can boost the poor food production and reduce the food imports. President Obama is willing to establish more ties with Cuba. Castro released 52 political prisoners because they were acting with the United States.

Cuba takes steps toward a new leader

• On April 19th 2011, Cuba had Jose Machado fill in for the second highest position in the communist party. This was the first time that one of the Castro brothers were not leading.

Cuba takes steps toward a new leader

• Buying and selling cars became legal for Cuba. And Jose allowed people in Cuba to go into business by themselves. Citizens could only own one home in the city or country so it could prevent real estate holdings. Real estate transactions must be made through the bank. December of 2011, the government allowed 2,900 prisoners to be released.

Pope Makes a Visit

• Pope Benedict XVI visited Cuba on March 26, 2012. He visited for three days because of the tension between the church and Cuban government. This was the first papal trip since pope John Paul II.

Pope Makes a Visit

• During the visit, Pope Benedict was trying to push freedom toward Cuba. Around 200,000 attended the mass in Cuba but many people felt pressured to attend by members of the communist party.

Exit Visa Requirements dropped

• On October 16, 2012, The government announced that when you leave Cuba, you will no longer need an exit visa. If someone wished to leave for vacation or forever, they will only need a passport and a visa to where they are going.

Exit Visa Requirements dropped

• Cubans could lose their citizenship and benefits after two years of abroading. Cubans could be stopped from leaving the country for national security and defense reasons.

Cuba Resumes diplomatic relations with U.S.

• Cuban government released a U.S. aid contractor, Alan Gross, who was held as captivity for five years on December of 2014. Obama responded to the prisoner release, saying that he would resume the diplomatic relations with Cuba. This has been the first diplomatic relations since 1961.

Cuba Resumes diplomatic relations with U.S.

• In response to the prisoner release, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would resume full diplomatic relations with Cuba, which includes opening an embassy in Havana. There hasn't been any diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba since 1961

Changes in the near Future

• The relationship with Cuba and the United States will become better than they are. And they both will be able to work with each other peacefully.

How might the relationship between Cuba and the U.S. be changing? good or bad?

• The United States and Cuba’s relationship has changed now from the past. The United States is now allowing people to travel to Cuba for educational or religious purposes as of now.