5. The crisis: Day one

Spy plane pictures reveal the Soviet missile build up to the Americans. Now they know what Khrushchev has really been up to.

Cuba is said to face potential breakdown as U.S. squeezes Venezuelan oil

Cuba’s deepening economic collapse could soon tip into outright breakdown as U.S. pressure on Venezuela threatens to choke ...
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Nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) has a message for the US Navy

USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier and a U.S. Navy icon. Commissioned in 1961, the “Big E” tracked John Glenn’s Friendship 7, enforced the Cuban Missile Crisis ...

U.S. Oil Blockade of Venezuela Pushes Cuba Toward Collapse

Cuba’s economy, dependent on cheap Venezuelan oil for decades, now struggles to function as a result of the U.S. military’s ...