How and why Cuba and the USA fell out?
when revolution led fidel castro triumphed in december 1959 attitude of washington wait , see if new government in power 1 control previous governments. in 1960 castro junta passed urban reform law limiting amount of urban real estate natural person or corporation hold. assets above limit nationalized. came rural reform law limiting amount of farm land individual or corporation own. castro's own family lost land. cuban elites including physicians , other learned professionals turned against revolution , left florida. washington cut off cuba's oil, fuel, , prevented cuba obtaining oil elsewhere except soviet union. when standard oil refused refine soviet crude, castro nationalized refineries.
... increasing friction between u.s. , castro's leftist regime led president dwight d. eisenhower break off diplomatic relations cuba in january 1961.
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