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Cuba

22 events in this timeline

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  1. 1960-10-07 October 7, 1960 and February 13,1961: CIA Poisons Cigars for Castro
  2. 1962-03-09 March 9, 1962: Proposed ‘Operation Northwoods’: US Military Would Conduct Terrorist Attacks, Then Blame Them on Cuba to Build Support for War Against Cuba
  3. 1963-11-22 November 22, 1963: CIA Official Gives Cuban Poisoned Pen for Castro
  4. 1975-11-20 November 20, 1975: Congress Finds at Least Eight CIA Plots to Assassinate Castro
  5. 1976-10-06 October 6, 1976: Cuban Exile Blows Up Flight to Havana, Murdering 73
  6. 1984-09-10 September 10, 1984: Anti-Castro Cuban Testifies Ship with Germs Sent to Cuba in 1980
  7. 1990-07-17 July 17, 1990: Justice Deaprtment Allows Cuban Terrorist to Remain in US
  8. 2005-11-08 November 8, 2005: UN General Assembly Calls on US to End Economic Boycott of Cuba
  9. March 1960-August 1960: CIA Consider Plan to Sabotage Castro Speeches
  10. July 1960: CIA Pays Cuban to Arrange Fatal Accident for Raul Castro
  11. August 1960-February 1963: CIA Plans to Poison Cuban Leaders
  12. Early 1963: CIA Plans to Assassinate Castro with Exploding Sea Shell and Poisoned Diving Suit
  13. Early 1961-June 1965: CIA Works with Cuban Official on Plan to Assassinate Castro
  14. 1959: Castro Overthrows Cuban Dictatorship
  15. 1960: US Introduces Trade Embargo against Cuba
  16. After 1959: US Covert Operations against Castro Begin
  17. 1961: Bay of Pigs Invasion Fails
  18. 1988: Fidel Castro Gets WHO Award
  19. 1980: WHO Says Cuba Has Best Health Care in Latin America
  20. 1990: UNICEF Says Cuba Comparable to Developed Countries in Terms of Infant Mortality
  21. 2000: Chinese News Agency Says Cuba Has More Doctors in Developing Countries than WHO
  22. 2003: Cuba Finishes 52nd in Human Development Index