Soviet-Cuban Economic Partnership and Aid (1960–1991)

1. Cuba signs first major USSR trade-credit deal

   Feb 13, 1960Labels: USSR, Cuba

   • US Historian
   • CRS Chronology

2. Cuba and USSR re-establish diplomatic relations

   May 8, 1960Labels: USSR, Cuba

   • Prensa Latina
   • CRS Chronology

3. U.S. sharply cuts Cuba’s sugar quota

   Jul 6, 1960Labels: United States, Cuba

   • US Historian
   • CRS Chronology

4. Cuban Missile Crisis strains but preserves alliance

   Oct 22, 1962Labels: Cuba, USSR

   • Britannica
   • WP Archive

5. Long-term Soviet sugar agreement underwrites planning

   Jan 1, 1964Labels: USSR, Cuba

   • U Delaware
   • Sugar Wiki

6. Cuba and USSR sign expanded trade and new credit

   Feb 11, 1966Labels: USSR, Cuba

   • EBSCO

7. Ten-million-ton sugar harvest campaign falls short

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: Cuba, Sugar campaign

   • Zafra Wiki ES
   • U Delaware

8. Cuba becomes a full member of Comecon

   Jan 1, 1972Labels: Cuba, Comecon

   • Britannica
   • Cuba USSR Wiki

9. Comecon-backed nuclear power project agreed at Juraguá

   Apr 1, 1977Labels: Juragu, Comecon

   • WP Archive
   • Britannica

10. Cuba launches “Rectification” against Soviet-style reforms

    Jan 1, 1986Labels: Cuba, Rectification

    • Rectification Wiki
    • History Wiki

11. USSR announces intent to withdraw military forces from Cuba

    Sep 11, 1991Labels: USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev

    • WP Archive
    • UPI Archives

12. Dissolution of USSR ends partnership; Special Period begins

    Dec 26, 1991Labels: USSR dissolution, Cuba

    • Special Period
    • Britannica