Why did Calvin Coolidge visit Cuba in 1928?

When President Calvin Coolidge visited Cuba in 1928, he encountered a sticky power dynamic similar to the one President O... ... read more

President Calvin Coolidge visited Cuba in 1928 to address concerns about U.S. military intervention in Latin American countries. Cuba was a Spanish colony between 1492 and 1898. Following the Spanish-American war, Spain ceded control of several American territories and the U.S. assumed the right to intervene in Cuban affairs. read more

President Calvin Coolidge, second from left, and his wife, Grace, second from right, with the President of Cuba General Gerardo Machado y Morales, right, and his wife, Elvira Machado, left, on the estate of President Machado in Havana on Jan. 19, 1928. read more

U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, second from left, and his wife, first lady Grace Coolidge, third from left, are shown with the President of Cuba General Gerardo Machado y Morales, right, and his wife, Elvira Machado, left, walk on the estate of President Machado in Havana, Cuba, Jan. 19, 1928. read more