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Articles about Cuba, an island in the north Caribbean

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On Havana waterfront, Cuban soldiers wait by anti-aircraft artillery, after receiving warning of an invasion from the United States
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Max Hastings "If the Americans had bombed Cuba in 1962, escalation would have been almost inevitable"

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