The Clash Between Khrushchev and Castro After the Cuban Missile Crisis
In 1955, after Stalin’s death in 1953, plus a battle for command of the USSR, Nikita Khrushchev came to power. Intentions to protect Eastern Europe, the crisis in Berlin, and concerns about nuclear weapons were a focus in Soviet policy.
However, Khrushchev’s policy and attitude were different from that of his predecessor. Khrushchev did not use obscure terminologies of Marxism-Leninism to justify his decisions and proceed with any situation; often, he made hasty decisions without any rigorous analysis of the consequences. These contrasts were notable in the little discretion that the leader of the Soviet Union had when using secret plans, as was the “Cuban Missile Crisis”.
It is in the Khrushchev panorama that the episode of the Cuban Revolution and the new strategies with the Caribbean enter. Fidel Castro came to power in 1959, however, the Soviet-Cuban relationship was not made official immediately.
The Revolution was perceived in the foreground by the Soviet Union as one of an anti-imperialist nature. However, nothing was highlighted in the Soviet press about their approach to Cuba or about a new socialist country, as Jacques Lévesque explains:
In reading the articles in the Soviet press for the greater part of 1959, one is struck by the absence…
