foreign policies

• nationalising

  • in the spring, Castro nationalised Shell, Esso and Standard Oil, all who refused to process Soviet crude
  • CAstro then nationalised more American assers in Cuba, including Banks and sugar mills
• Castro and the USSR

  • following the establishment of diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union, Cuba became increasingly dependent on Soviet markets and military and economic aid.
• Castro and the USSR

  • concerned about US reprisals, no country would risk providing weapons to Cuba except Russia
  • The Soviet Union imported 1 million tons of sugar in return for oil, technicians, fertilizers, and industrial goods
• Che Guevara

  • joined the 26th of July Movement in Mexico and was 2nd in command during the succesful revolution.
  • in 1965, Che Guevara went to the Congo to educate the Marxist Sima movement in Marxist ideology and geurilla warfare, but later fled to Europe.
  • Later, on without much Cuban support, he went to Bolivia to lead the rebellion and died
• Castro in Africa and Latin America

  • in 1975, Castro decalred the depolyment of Cuban troops to Angola in order to aid the Marxist MPLA ruled government against the South African- backed UNITA opposition forces.
  • in 1977, Cuban troops were also sent to Marxist Ethiopia to assist Ethiopian forces in the Ogaden War with Somalia.
  • in 1979, Castro extended support to Marxist revolutionary movements throughout Latin America.