Timeline of key events in US-Cuba relations

Timeline of key events in US-Cuba relations

Timeline of key events in U.S.-Cuba relations:

— THE START: Fidel Castro's rebels take power as dictator Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba on Jan 1, 1959. The United States soon recognizes the new government. But relations begin to sour as Americans criticize summary trials and executions of Batista loyalists. In 1960 Cuba nationalizes U.S.-owned oil refineries after they refuse to process Soviet oil. Nearly all other U.S. businesses are expropriated soon afterward.

Poll shows US still split on gay marriage
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Poll shows US still split on gay marriage

Associated Press

By David Crary and Emily Swanson

NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court's ruling last month legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide has left Americans sharply divided, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that suggests support for gay unions may be down slightly from earlier this year.

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