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The emergence of a communist government in Cuba heightens Cold War tensions -- and for several terrifying days brings the world to the brink of nuclear war.
 
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| With the fate of the world at stake, President Kennedy turned to a group of his most trusted advisers. Listen in as members of the ExComm debate the U.S. response to Soviet missiles in Cuba.
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| Kennedy and Khrushchev relied on the vagaries of second-hand communication to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis.
They needed a hot line for the next time.
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| In Cuba, the Cold War is as alive as ever, and citizens of all ages are
taught to be prepared. CNN's Lucia Newman reports from the Cuban countryside. |
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| Defined by decades of bad blood, relations between Cuba and the U.S. are
as prickly as ever. Will there be a thaw when Castro dies?
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TIME: The Vengeful Visionary
January 26, 1959
PRAVDA: Foil the criminal schemes of the enemies of peace
October 24, 1962
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In 1948, Fidel Castro and his wife, Mirta Diaz-Balart, honeymooned in Miami and New York. But he ran out of money and had to pawn his watch.
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