AMERICA’S STRONG MAN
From its inception on 20 May 1902, the Republic of Cuba was destined to exist in the long shadow of its powerful neighbour, the United States. In fact, within a year of Cuba’s independence, the US Congress passed the Platt Amendment, asserting the right to intervene in Cuba’s internal affairs as it saw fit.
When revolution came to Cuba in the 1950s, the government of strongman Fulgencio Batista was toppled, and the Marxist regime of
