The US Breaks Ties with Cuba
President Eisenhower broke relations with Cuba and closed the American Embassy in 1961
Witness History: Archive 2014 · BBC World Service
December 18, 20148m 49s
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Show Notes
It was in January 1961 that the USA first broke off diplomatic relations with Cuba. Wayne Smith was one of the last diplomats to leave the US embassy in Havana.
(Photo: An advert on the Miami waterfront after Fidel Castro came to power. Credit: Graf/Getty Images)