31 août 1960 - US begins sanctions --> embargo on Cuba
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**official embargo started 1962** [castro] overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista 1959; didn’t initially know what to anticipate, but soon nationalized US-owned businesses/properties → Eisenhower= mad ∴ relaliates w embargo
[communism] when US embargo, turned to USSR for aid → became communist → Eisenhower authorized CIA to train anti communist Cuban exiles to regain their island (but ultimate decision left to JFK)
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