The superpower INTERVENTION of the Cold WAr was simply a replacement of the Colonialism that came before.
Before the time of the Cold War Cuba had been colonized by Spain, but had fought for freedom from Spain. Although years to come afterwards shows that the Soviet Union will not take over Cuba but use it as a sight for nuclear missiles. During the cold war the US and Russia indirectly fought. They fought by proxy wars, joining opposing sides of other wars and taking over third world countries and forcing them into war. During the Cold War the US placed missiles in Turkey, and to counter them The Soviet Union placed its missiles in Cuba. Although the Soviets were involved with Cuba and using them as a war ground. The Soviets used Cuba as there own land, they used Cuba as if they own the land, everything they were doing they did for their own good. Although Cuba was never technically a colony of the Soviets they were used as one and the two countries had the same relationship as a colony and mother country.
During the Cold war The Soviet union placed missiles in Cuba to counter The US missiles in Turkey. They spread missiles all over Cuba which is only 90 miles of the coast of Florida. The placing of missiles in Cuba is known as the Cuban Missile Crisis.