Ku dhameystir weedhan soo socota: Kaalinta sii kordheysa ee Castro ee masraxa caalamiga ah waxay adkeysay xiriirka uu la leeyahay Ruushka, oo haatan uu hogaamiyo Leonid Brezhnev. Isagoo ku adkeysanaya madaxbanaanida Cuba, Castro wuxuu diiday inuu saxiixo Heshiiskii Ku-tallaalidda Hubka Nukliyeerka, isagoo ku dhawaaqay isku dayga Soviet-ka Mareykanka ee ku aaddan xukunka Dunida Saddexaad. Dhanka kale, Aníbal Escalante oo ka tirsan Midowgii Soofiyeeti ayaa bilaabay inuu abaabulo shabakad dowladeed oo ka soo horjeedda Castro, inkasta oo bishii Janaayo 1968, isaga iyo taageerayaashiisa lagu xiray inay sirta dowladda u gudbiyeen Moscow. Castro ugu danbeyntii wuxuu u hogaansamay Brezhnev cadaadiska si uu u adeeco, bishii Ogosto 1968 wuxuu cambaareeyay guga Prague oo uu hogaaminayo "fascist reactionary mob" wuxuuna amaanay
weerarkii Soviet ee Czechoslovakia. Waxaa saameeyay Shiinaha Great Leap Forward, sanadkii 1968 Castro wuxuu ku dhawaaqay Weerar Weyn oo Kacaanka ah, wuxuu xiray dhammaan dukaamada iyo ganacsiyada gaarka loo leeyahay ee haray wuxuuna ku eedeeyay milkiilayaashooda inay yihiin kacdoon-diidayaal raasumaal ah.