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Embargo

Cuba · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1960–1963Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1960

Fidel Alejandro Castro1960

Havana · Government / Communist Party Government

The USA begins its embargo of Cuba after American wealth in Cuba is nationalized

1962

Fidel Alejandro Castro7 February 1962

Government / Communist Party Government

The US imposes an embargo against Cuba

1963

Fidel Alejandro Castro1963

Government / Communist Party Government

The US broadens the embargo against Cuba, including a general travel ban for American tourists

Names involved

Fidel Alejandro Castro

Provenance

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