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#11 Fidel Castro was not a communist - ep 2 Why did Kennedy cause the Cuba Missile Crisis?


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1959: The first country the new revolutionary president of Cuba visits is the United States of America. And he’s a big hit. The students at Princeton carry him on their shoulders. Castro wants a trade deal with the American government. So why does Kennedy fight the presidential election of 1960 on getting tougher than the Republicans with Cuba?

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