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Tension mounts between India and China after India grants asylum to Tibet's spiritual leader. China had invaded Tibet in 1950. Because of this, China felt that India was undermining its authority by granting asylum to the Tibetan spiritual leader. Meanwhile, Sino-Indian relationships had been strained by border conflicts between China and India.
The coalition government collapses. Pathet Lao returns to guerilla warfare. A power struggle ensues between the Communist Pathet Lao, the right wing government recognised by Western countries, and the neutralist government recognised by the Soviet Union.
Fidel Castro takes over power in Cuba. He receives support from other political parties and the majority of the population. The new government soon initiates a sweeping reorganisation of the country patterned after the countries of the Soviet bloc. Liberals and moderates doubt that Castro will return Cuba to democracy.
Batista Zaldívar, the president of Cuba, flees Cuba after facing overwhelming pressure from guerrilla factions who are dissatisfied with Batista's government.
Iraq withdraws from the Baghdad Pact. Three months later, Iraq also withdraws from the Sterling Bloc, a groups of nations whose currencies are tied to the British pound sterling.
Turkey and the United States sign an agreement for the deployment of fifteen nuclear-tipped Jupiter missiles in Turkey. June 1, 1961, is tentatively set as a target installation date for the first launch site.
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