Cuba, the country where the revolutionary icon Ernesto Che Guevara was created from the Cuban Revolution, was also the country that came minutes from a head to head nuclear showdown with the United States. In October 1962, these two countries did not come weeks, days or even hours close to having the first Nuclear War in World History, but only minutes. The thirteen day head to head showdown was called the Cuban Missile Crises. To understand …showed first 75 words of 1836 total…

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