Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Upenyu hwomuma1970 hwakanga "hwakanyanya kuoma" uye vanhu vakanga vasingagutsikani. Fidel Castro akabvuma kukundikana kwemitemo yezvemari muhurukuro ya1970. Muna 1975, OAS yakasimudza zvirango zvayo kurwisana neCuba, nechibvumirano chenyika 16 dziri nhengo, kusanganisira U.S. Zvisinei, U.S. yakachengeta zvirango zvayo. Muna 1979, U.S. yakashora kuvapo kwamauto okurwa eSoviet pachitsuwa chacho. Mauto eU.S. akapinda muchitsuwa cheCaribbean cheGrenada muna 1983, achiuraya vashandi vokuCuba vokuvaka vanenge makumi maviri uye achidzinga vakanga vasara veboka rokuyamura reCuba pachitsuwa chacho. Mukati mema1980, Castro akatsigira kupandukira kweMarxist muGuatemala,
El Salvador uye Nicaragua. Cuba yakabvisa mauto ayo zvishoma nezvishoma muAngola muna 1989 kusvika muna 1991.