<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukwanda kwendima kaCastro enkundleni yezwe kwaqinisa ubuhlobo bakhe namaSoviet, manje ngaphansi kobuholi bukaLeonid Brezhnev. Eqinisekisa ukuzimela kweCuba, uCastro wenqaba ukusayina iSivumelwano Sokuvimbela Ukwanda Kwezikhali Zenuzi, esisho ukuthi kwakuwumzamo weSoviet-U.S. wokubusa iZwe Lesithathu. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Aníbal Escalante owayethembekile eSoviet waqala ukuhlela inethiwekhi kahulumeni yokuphikisa uCastro, nakuba ngoJanuwari 1968, yena nabalandeli bakhe baboshwa ngenxa yokudlulisela izimfihlo zombuso eMoscow. Ekugcineni uCastro wazithoba ekucindezelweni kukaBrezhnev ukuba alalele, futhi ngo-August 1968 walahla i-Prague Spring ngokuthi yayiholwa yiqembu labaphikisi abangama-fascist futhi wancoma ukuhlasela kweSoviet  <response>: yaseCzechoslovakia. Ethonywe yiGreat Leap Forward yaseChina, ngo-1968 uCastro wamemezela ukuhlaselwa okukhulu kweNguquko, wavala zonke izitolo namabhizinisi ayisipesheli futhi wamangalela abanikazi bawo njengabaphikisi bezinguquko. 