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On May 8, Russia and Cuba will mark 50 years...
celebration. The nation rejoiced in the freedom and independence it won for itself under Fidel Castro’s leadership. The Soviet people celebrated with the Cubans, while at the same harboring deep dissatisfaction with the bureaucratic model of socialism that had taken root in their own country.At the same time, news of the distant Soviet power came as a revelation to the Cubans. They knew almost nothing about the Soviet Union at the time. The Cubans discovered that they were not alone, that there was a country they could count on as a loyal friend as they set out on their difficult new path. The words Rusia, Sovieticos and Moscu were suddenly on everyone’s lips, like an incantation that would help them bear their hardships. The Soviet Union’s decision to begin importing Cuban sugar was indeed very helpful. Sugar was Cuba’s main export, and the United States was refusing to buy it in an effort to weaken the economy of their insubordinate neighbor
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