 Mumakore akatevera kuzvitonga kuzere, nyika yeCuba yakaona budiriro huru mune zveupfumi, asiwo huwori hwezvematongerwo enyika uye kutevedzana kwevatungamiriri vane utsinye, zvakazoguma nekubviswa kwegandanga Fulgencio Batista ne26th yaJuly Movement, inotungamirwa naFidel Castro, panguva ye19531959 Cuban Revolution. Hurumende itsva iyi yakabatana neSoviet Union ndokutanga kutsigira chiCommunist. Mukutanga kwema1960, hurumende yaCastro yakatsungirira kupindirwa Kubvumbi 1961, yakatarisana neArmagedhoni yenyukireya Gumiguru 1962, uye yakasangana nehondo yevagari vemo Gumiguru 1960 iyo yaisanganisira rutsigiro rweDominican kune vanopikisa hurumende. Pashure pokupinda kweWarsaw Pact muCzechoslovakia 1968, Castro akazivisa pachena kutsigira kweCuba. Kutaura kwake kwakaratidzira kuvamba kwokupinzwa kwakakwana kweCuba muEastern Bloc. Pakazosvika pakati pema1970, zvishoma zvaizosara zvehurongwa hwezvematongerwe enyika kana kuti hwezvemari hweCuba. Mukati meHondo Yemashoko, Cuba yakatsigirawo mutemo weSoviet muAfghanistan, Poland, Angola, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, uye El Salvador. Kupindira kweSoviet neCuba muAngolakwakabetsera kuwa kwehurumende yerusaruraganda muSouth Africa. 