What made the island of cuba important to the united states

Cuba is very important because it occupies a very strategic position. It is near the USA but at the same time kind of very far away of the ideals o democracy and free elections that is the policy of America. Cuba took an important role in the American- Spanish war which ended up in its complete independence in 1902. It became once more really important when there was a world crisis when Russia wanted to put missiles in Cuba and Kennedy stablished a blockade in 1962. Fortunatelly there was no a nuclear war.  Cuba became important to the USA in a negative way since it has been a destabilizing factor to the region since Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1958 and made Cuba a communist country with no democracy.

The Cuban islands housed some of the leading surge industry's and exporter surge tread with America.  

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male citizens in athens could vote on all the decisions that affected the city and serve on juries. however, democracy was not open to everyone. citizen women and children were not allowed to vote. slaves and foreigners living in athens (known as metics) were banned from participating in government.