It's this plaguey matter of the appearance in Cuba of 3,000 Russian troops ... just part of the Soviet team of technicians and military advisers who've been training Cubans in the use of Soviet ...

Salvador Allende's government is overthrown by a military coup d'etat. Allende kills himself. On September 13, the Chilean junta breaks relations with Cuba. January 28: Soviet premier Leonid ...

"Good evening, my fellow citizens: - This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet military build up on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable ...

Thousands of foreign nationals have joined the Russian army, "lured by the promise ... After Fidel Castro's Communist revolution in Cuba ended in 1959, the Soviet Union supported Havana against ...

On the other hand, North Korea is bulking up its military under new leader Kim Jong Un, while Cuba is taking a more conciliatory stance with the West. And North Korea's ample air defenses are ...

declared that an attack from Cuba would be understood as a Soviet attack requiring response in kind, stepped up American military readiness and asked for an emergency meeting of the United Nations ...

After Fidel Castro's Communist revolution in Cuba ended in 1959, the Soviet Union supported Havana ... return for a year's service in the Russian army. A Russian passport allows visa-free travel ...