During the 1962 Cuban crisis, the situation was remarkably similar to that in today's Eastern Europe, although the great power roles were reversed. | In 1962, the Soviet Union had encroached on the U.S. government's self-defined sphere of influence by installing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba, a nation only 90 miles from U.S. shores. The Cuban government had requested the missiles as a deterrent to a U.S. invasion, an invasion that seemed quite possible given the long history of U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs, as well as the 1961 U.S.-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion. | The Soviet government was amenable…<\/span><\/p>\nNatalia Marques<\/span> (2022-02-10)<\/span>. "We want to be able to share a better world with Cuba": Carolina Vega on creating revolutionary art.<\/a><\/span> peoplesdispatch.org<\/a><\/span> <\/span> Peoples Dispatch spoke to Carolina Vega, a Cuban-American artist based in Los Angeles on her participation in the Vital Lines\/Líneas Vitales exhibit…<\/span><\/p>\nAna Perdigón<\/span> (2022-02-10)<\/span>.