US CUBA RELATIONS PRE REVOLUTION
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Updated: 12 Nov 2018
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Created byClare Piscicelli
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Events
1898: US declares war on Spain1898: Spain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris; Spain renounced all rights to Cuba1902: Cuba becomes 'independent' with Tomas Estrada Palma as its president. .1901: The Platt Amendment
This agreement keeps Cuba under US protection
and gives the US the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.1906-1909:
Estrada resigns and the US occupies Cuba following a rebellion led by Jose Miguel Gomez1909: Jose Miguel Gomez becomes president following elections supervised by the US,
but is soon tarred by corruption.1912: US forces return to Cuba to help put down
black protests against discrimination.1933: Gerardo Machado is overthrown
in a coup led by Sergeant Fulgencio Batista.1934: The US abandons its right to intervene in Cuba's internal affairs,
revises Cuba's sugar quota and changes tariffs to favour Cuba.1953: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessfu
l revolt against the Batista regime.1956: Castro lands in eastern Cuba from Mexico and takes to the Sierra Maestra mountains where,
aided by Ernesto "Che" Guevara, he wages a guerrilla war.1958: The US withdraws military aid to Batista1959: Castro leads a 9,000-strong guerrilla army into Havana, forcing Batista to flee.
Castro becomes prime minister.
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