Revolution, secret plots and a nuclear standoff: How Cuba and the US fell out - BBC World Service

President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested the US could “take” Cuba by force. Click here to subscribe to our channel ?? https://bbc.in/3VyyriM These comments have further strained the US and Cuba’s already tense relationship. Here’s how, over more than 100 years, the two neighbours grew apart. 00:00 How the US and Cuba fell out 01:14 US joins Cuba’s fight for independence 01:50 The Platt Amendment & Guantanamo Bay 03:14 The 1950s: Fulgencio Batista and Fidel Castro 03:40 Castro comes to power 04:16 Eisenhower, Nixon and Fidel Castro 04:38 Cuba becomes a Soviet ally 05:17 US-Cuba diplomatic relations break down 06:16 Bay of Pigs: a failed invasion financed by the CIA 07:50 Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Cuban Missile Crisis 08:04 A large Cuban community establishes in the US 08:42 The USSR collapses and Cuba plunges into a financial crisis 09:10 Venezuela under Hugo Chavez comes to the rescue 10:01 Raúl Castro, Obama, Pope Francis: Relations begin to thaw 10:38 Donald Trump’s maximum pressure strategy on Cuba 11:16 The US blockades Venezuela’s oil and cuts off Cuba’s supply 12:29 Donald Trump: ‘Cuba’s next’ Watch more of our explainers here ?? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fbmNPr-V3sl3lZ5NRNv72l Watch more documentaries from across BBC World Service here ?? https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fADt3h_U2SOWErIq-xtXPD ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram ?? https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter ?? https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook ?? https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website ?? https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #cuba #trump