Why did the US fail to prevent the spread of communism to Cuba?
that he would purchase all 700,000 tons of Cuban sugar. The US was also calling for adequate and prompt compensation against the appropriation of land and revenue that had taken place; there was however, the small problem that there was no way in which Cuba could pay for what they had appropriated. The assistance that the Soviet government gave to Cuba, gave the USSR a much needed new ember to the socialist camp, but at a price of over $4 billion a year. In the face of this soviet help, Castro had by 1961, that the best way in which to continue the revolution to its best conclusion that he had best conduct is revolution by taking over, and then, working through the communist party8. In the eyes of the US government Castro had moved from being a respected middle class Catholic boy, to a communist, intent on spreading communism throughout Latin America. Yet there was no suggestion that Castro himself, had intentions to spread communism, however, the riches that the USSR was able to lavis
