This nation was the target of Operation Northwoods, a rejected series of covertly orchestrated acts of terror. It was also the site of the explosion of the French munitions vessel La Coubre. Current U.S. policy with regards to this nation was reinforced with the Torricelli Act of 1992 and the Helms-Burton Act of 1996. Its seizure was advocated by a document written by Soule, Mason, and Buchanan called the Ostend Manifesto, and its governance as a U.S. territory was established with the Teller and Platt Amendments. For 10 points, name this Caribbean nation upon which the U.S. has imposed a trade embargo since the rise to power of Fidel Castro 
This nation was the target of Operation Northwoods, a rejected series of covertly orchestrated acts of terror. It was also the site of the explosion of the French munitions vessel La Coubre. Current U.S. policy with regards to this nation was reinforced with the Torricelli Act of 1992 and the Helms-Burton Act of 1996. Its seizure was advocated by a document written by Soule, Mason, and Buchanan called the Ostend Manifesto, and its governance as a U.S. territory was established with the Teller and Platt Amendments. For 10 points, name this Caribbean nation upon which the U.S. has imposed a trade embargo since the rise to power of Fidel Castro in 1959.
This nation was the target of Operation Northwoods, a rejected series of covertly orchestrated acts of terror.