How did the Cuban missile crisis reflect the political competition between the Soviet Union and the United States? The Soviet Union reinforced Cuba’s communist government after the United States invaded the island to dismantle Cuban missiles.

The Soviet Union publicly protested the United States missiles targeting Cuba, forcing their removal and keeping Cuba communist.

The United States initiated a United Nations resolution denouncing the sale of missiles by the Soviet Union to Cuban revolutionaries in an attempt to keep the Cuban government democratic.

The Soviet Union stationed offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba in an attempt to gain some leverage over the United States.