Faraone, Beatrice (A.A. 2024/2025) Fidel Castro’s foreign policy: Cuba between the Soviet Union and the United States. Tesi di Laurea in Contemporary history, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Federico Niglia, pp. 77. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Cuba and the United States: from revolution to embargo (1959-1961). The nationalization of US businesses and the American response. The deterioration of relations and the imposition of the embargo. The diplomatic break between Cuba and the US and the beginning of anti-US propaganda. The failed bay of pigs invasion and Castro’s official alignment with the Soviet bloc. The Cuban missile crisis (1962). The deployment of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba and the US reaction. The Kennedy-Khrushchev compromise and Castro’s exclusion from the decision-making process. Political consequences and Castro’s perception of Soviet betrayal. Strengthening Cuba’s military and ideological autonomy post-crisis. Cuba between Soviet influence and revolutionary ambitions (1963-1969). Support for guerrilla movements in Bolivia, Nicaragua and El Salvador. The tricontinental conference and Cuba’s global revolutionary role. Che Guevara’s death: the end of a revolutionary phase? The Prague spring and Cuba’s conditional loyalty to the USSR. Challenging both empires: Cuba’s critique of peaceful coexistence. Che Guevara vs. Fidel Castro: diverging paths of revolution.

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Bibliografia e sitografia: pp. 71-77.

Thesis Type:	Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Politics: Philosophy and Economics (L-36)
Chair:	Contemporary history
Thesis Supervisor:	Niglia, Federico
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Summer
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	11 Nov 2025 10:11
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2025 10:11
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/43722

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