The United States severed all ties with Cuba in 1961 after a bitter economic feud
The long-standing diplomatic freeze between the United States and Cuba began with a series of sharp economic blows that culminated in a total break of relations on this day in 1961.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower officially severed ties with Cuba in January 1961, following years of escalating hostility after the Cuban Revolution. The friction began when Fidel Castro nationalized American-owned oil refineries and sugar plantations, prompting the U.S. to slash Cuban sugar imports and eventually impose a full trade embargo.
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