Number: RL30386 Title: Cuba-U.S. Relations: Chronology of Key Events Since 1959 Authors: Mark P. Sullivan and Suzanne L. York, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Abstract: This report provides a chronology of key events in U.S. relations with Cuba since Castro's rise to power in the 1959 Cuban revolution, including U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba. More detailed information is provided on events in U.S.-Cuban relations since 1994, including U.S. legislative action and congressional committee hearings. The chronology also covers notable political and economic events in Cuba as well as U.N. votes regarding the human rights situation in Cuba and the U.S. embargo. Pages: 42 Date: Updated December 13, 1999