Cuba Signs a Commercial Agreement with the Soviet Union
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Economics
- Subcategories: Business, Trade, Commerce, Communism, Communists, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Latin American History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Moscow, Soviet Union, Russia, Europe
- Date: February 11, 1966
Article abstract: The commercial agreement between the Soviet Union and Cuba was a step toward integrating the Cuban economy into the Eastern Bloc of nations dominated by the Soviet Union.
Summary of Event
On February 11, 1966, representatives of the Soviet Union and Cuba signed a wide-ranging commercial treaty in Moscow. Announced the next day in a joint communique by the state press agencies of the two nations, the treaty called for a significant extension of trade between the signatories and new credit in the amount of $91 million for Cuba. The...
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