Fidel Alejandro CastroFebruary 1959
Cuba signs an agreement to buy oil from the USSR
Cuba · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Cuba signs an agreement to buy oil from the USSR
Castro flies to Washington DC but was not met by President Eisenhower, who decides to attend a golf tournament rather than meet with the Cuban leader. Cuba signs an agreement to buy oil from the USSR.
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