cartoon

This cartoon shows 2 people pulling from each side of a rope. One of sides is the U.S.S.R and the other is the United States. They are fighting and tugging for the flag which is shaped like a missile. On the missile is the word Cuba and it seems as if the U.S.S.R is winning since the flag is more towards their side. The overall message of this cartoon is that both the U.S.S.R and the United States are fighting over Cuba. During this time, Fidel Castro stepped forward to lead the revolution Cuba was in. He was also anti- American and admired the successes of Soviet communism. Since Cuba was heavily dependent on the U.S purchase of its sugar to buy oil and other products, Russia then began to trade sugar with Cuba also. Khrushchev, the soviet premiere decieded to place Soviet nuclear warheads in Cuba. The United States did not want the Soviet Union to place their nuclear ballistic missiles in Cuba and the Soviet Union wanted to place their missiles in Cuba. The reason why Cuba seems to be more towards the Soviet Union side is because the leader, Fidel Castro, was in favor of communism and did not like the Americans.