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Cuba, the largest of the Caribbean islands, was inhabited by Indigenous peoples when Christopher Columbus sighted the island during his first voyage of discovery on 27 October 1492, and claimed it for Spain.
Cuba subsequently became a Spanish colony to be ruled by the Spanish governor in Havana, though in 1762 this city was briefly held by Britain before being returned in exchange for Florida. A series of rebellions during the 19th century failed to end Spanish rule, but increased tensions between Spain and the United States, resulting in the Spanish-American War, finally led to Spanish withdrawal, and in 1902, Cuba gained formal independence.
American trade dominated Cuba during the first half of the 20th century, aided by US government policy measures assuring influence over the island. In 1959 dictator Fulgencio Batista was ousted in a revolution led (by Fidel Castro). (Cuba-United States relations) quickly froze while the island turned
to the Soviet Union, which kept the economy afloat in spite of the US embargo against Cuba.After the dissolution of the east-west-confrontation Cuba remains as one of the only Communist countries in the world.
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