Rafael Pedemonte
Dr. Rafael Pedemonte is a historian and faculty member (maître de conférences) at the University of Poitiers (France). He is a specialist on the Cold War in Latin America, and he is currently working on a projet that aims to re-evaluate the roots of the Cuban Revolution by focusing on the Batista regime. He has published a series of articles on the Latin American Cold War and the Soviet influences in both Chile and Cuba.
E-mail: rafael.pedemonte@univ-poitiers.fr
E-mail: rafael.pedemonte@univ-poitiers.fr
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While the USSR, under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev, embarked on a far-reaching alliance with revolutionary Cuba, the Soviet’s attitude towards Salvador Allende in Chile (1970-1973) and the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua (1979-1990) was conspicuously more reserved. Despite the extraordinary engagement established with Havana, the Castro administration’s radicalism during the 1960s caused alarm, and undermined the Soviet diplomatic offensive designed to normalize relationship with the West. This first entente with a country located in the “backyard” of the United States prompted the USSR to reassess its approach towards the continent, adopting a more pragmatic approach by weakening the willingness to cooperate with two of the greatest revolutionary projects of the Latin American Cold War: Chile under Allende and Nicaragua under the Sandinistas.
While the USSR, under the leadership of Nikita Khrushchev, embarked on a far-reaching alliance with revolutionary Cuba, the Soviet’s attitude towards Salvador Allende in Chile (1970-1973) and the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua (1979-1990) was conspicuously more reserved. Despite the extraordinary engagement established with Havana, the Castro administration’s radicalism during the 1960s caused alarm, and undermined the Soviet diplomatic offensive designed to normalize relationship with the West. This first entente with a country located in the “backyard” of the United States prompted the USSR to reassess its approach towards the continent, adopting a more pragmatic approach by weakening the willingness to cooperate with two of the greatest revolutionary projects of the Latin American Cold War: Chile under Allende and Nicaragua under the Sandinistas.