Cuban missle

One very important factor in the Cuban missile crisis was Cuba’s location. Cuba is an island approximately 90 miles off the coast of America. Which was and still is in good missile range of USA. And so the USA wanted to keep it’s influence by means of trading links and controlling the Cuban economy this meant the USSR could hold no influence in the area.
Until 1959, Juan Batista ruled Cuba. At this time Cuba was very dependant on the USA; there were many US banks and businesses on the island, as well as a massive US naval base. Cuba's main export was sugar, and the USA was their biggest customer. All this changed in 1959, there was a Communist revolution in Cuba, and Batista was replaced by Fidel Castro. He cut off all ties with the USA and turned to the USSR for aid and support. The USSR signed a treaty of friendship and gave Castro massive aid, as well as agreeing to buy all his sugar. There...