Fidel Alejandro CastroFebruary 1959
US refineries in Cuba refuse to process Cuban oil, they are expropriated, & the US breaks off diplomatic relations with the Castro Government
Cuba · Government / Communist Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
US refineries in Cuba refuse to process Cuban oil, they are expropriated, & the US breaks off diplomatic relations with the Castro Government
Castro signs the First Agrarian Reform Law, which expropriates over 1,000 acres of farmlands & forbids foreign land ownership
Eisenhower reduces Cuba's sugar import quota by 7,000,000 tons, & in response, Cuba nationalizes $850 million worth of US property & businesses.
The nationalization of private property and businesses to the tune of $25 billion and, particularly, US owned companies (to an excess of 1960 value of US $1.0 billions arouses immediate hostility within the Eisenhower administration.
US refineries in Cuba refuse to process Cuban oil, they are expropriated, & the US breaks off diplomatic relations with the Castro Government.
Over one million Cubans migrate to the US, forming a vocal anti-Castro community in Miami, Florida
Nationalizes the property of wealthy Cubans, Americans & other foreigners
Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first time as Raul Castro's new Government loosens controls on consumer goods and invites private farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land
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