Cuban Revolution

Chronology

 

1895-1898

Spanish-American War

1902-1934

Platt Amendment

1940-1959

Batista era

1959

Revolution “succeeds”

1959-1963

“Consolidation” of revolution

1961

Bay of Pigs invasion

1962

Cuban Missile Crisis

1963-1970

Revolution institutionalized

Commitment to “Soviet model” & ideology

1970-1987

Entrenched regime

1987-present

Post-Cold War adjustments

2008

Castro’s resignation