CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS

The Bay of Pigs attack leads Fidel Castro to allow the Soviets to deploy ballistic missiles on Cuba to prevent a further invasion. This triggers the greatest confrontation of the Cold War, but nuclear war is averted and America agrees to respect Cuba’s sovereignty. Today Raúl Castro is still Cuba’s de facto head of state.

Protesters from the group ‘Women Strike for Peace’ hold placards relating to the Cuban Missile Crisis in New York