related_tweet: @vasilymakeyev @davidrkadler @nytimes january 1962: the u.s. expands economic sanctions and, under intense u.s. pressure, most latin american countries terminate diplomatic relations with cuba. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  february 3, 1962: the u.s. declares a total embargo on trade with cuba.