Chapter 17

The name of the new Cuban government begins with a "C."

• Cuba now ally of Soviet Union

• Food shortages in Cuba

• Successful Cubans flee the country

• U.S. cuts all ties

• Communism in Cuba

Castro sided with the United States' Cold War enemy.

• Government controls everything

• Communism in Cuba

• U.S. cuts all ties

• Cuba now ally of Soviet Union

• Food shortages in Cuba

No one owns his or her own business any more. No freedom of speech or press.

• Cuba now ally of Soviet Union

• Successful Cubans flee the country

• U.S. cut all ties

• Communism in Cuba

• Government controls everything

FLorida gains new Spanish-speaking residents

• Cuba now ally of Soviet Union

• Successful Cubans flee the country

• U.S. cuts all ties

• Government controls everything

• Food shortages in Cuba

Goodbye to our neighbor to the north!

• U.S. cuts all ties

• Food shortages in Cuba

• Successful Cubans flee the country

• Communism in Cuba

I'm really hungry! Don't we have anything to eat?

• Communism in Cuba

• Cuba now all of Soviet Union

• Food shortages in Cuba

• Government controls everything

"The rebellion is getting stronger! I worry that the government troops will not be able to fight them off much longer and I will be overthrown as Cuba's leader?"

• Fidel Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

• U.S. Senator

• poor Cuban citizen

"We hope that having a military base in Cuba will help keep peace in the region."

• Fidel Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

• U.S. Senator

• poor Cuban citizen

"I am gathering rebel fighters from all over Cuba. We hide in the jungles. We hide in the mountains. We attack against the government army when they least expect it!"

• FIdel Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

• U.S. Senator

• poor Cuban citizen

"I see so much wealth in this country but I have no job. I live in a hut with a dirt floor. I am sick and tired of these dictators controlling the people of Cuba!"

• Fidel Castro

• Fulgencio Batista

• U.S. Senator

• poor Cuban citizen