Weegy: The USA declared war to Spain at the end of the XIX century. As consequence of this war, the USA acquired Puerto Rico, Cuba, and some other territories.
Cuba obtained its independence in 1902, with first president, Don Tomás Estrada Palma. [ The following governments were more or less democratic, with an intervention of the USA, and some occasional dictatorship.
The relationships were good during this time period.
Finally, in 1959, fidel kastro seized power, nationalized private properties, including those of the USA, and the government was not pleased with this.
In 1962, Russian missiles were placed in Cuba, and the USA were even less pleased. Finally, the Russians withdrew the missiles.
After these two incidents, the USA declared an embargo to Cuban products, and that is the situation today
fidel declared a comunist, an USA hater, and has kept a ferocious campaign against the USA, accusing them of all bad things that happen to Cuba
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