 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutora, vanopesana naBatistas, vakasununguka, vashandi vemumaguta, varimi, uye vane pfungwa dzakanaka vakava vateveri vakakurumbira veM-26-7 kufamba, iyo yakawana kutonga kweCuba. Sangano racho rakabatana nemamwe masangano kuti aumbe United Party of the Cuban Socialist Revolution, iyo yakazova Communist Party of Cuba muna 1965. Cuba yakazvienzanisa nemarudzi eEastern Europe ayo akaumba Chibvumirano cheWarsaw, ichiva hurumende yokutanga yesosialisiti muAmerica. Pakangodzidzwa kuti Cuba yaizogamuchira gadziriro yezvematongerwe enyika neyemari yechiMarxist-Leninist, chishoro chakamutswa kwete bedzi nenhengo dzebato dzakapesana, asiwo neUnited States. Hurumende yaFidel Castro yakatora nyika dzevanhu, yakaita kuti mazana emakambani akazvimirira ave enyika - kubatanidza makambani anoverengeka omunzvimbomo emakambani eU.S. - uye yakabhadharisa mitero mikuru kwazvo pazvinhu zveU.S. zvokuti kunze kwenyika kweU.S. kwakaderedzwa nehafu mumakore maviri chete. Hurumende yaEisenhower yakabva yaisa mitemo yokurambidza kutengeserana nezvinhu zvose kunze kwezvokudya nemishonga. Somuuyo, Cuba yakatendeukira kuSoviet Union nokuda kwebhizimisi panzvimbo pezvo. United States yakapindura kupfurikidza nokugura ukama hwose hwezvamatongerwe enyika neCuba, uye yakava noukama husina kugadzikana chibviro chenguva iyeyo. Muna April 1961, boka revaCuba vakadzingwa munyika nevakapandukira hurumende vakadzidziswa neCIA rakatanga hondo isina kubudirira yeBay of Pigskurwisana neCuba, nokukurumidza pashure pokunge Castro azivisa kuti chimurenga chacho chaiva chezvematongerwe enyika. Pashure pokupinda nechisimba, Castro akazvizivisa zviri pamutemo kuva mukomonisiti. 