Foreign relations of Cuba needed oil. Relations between the countries deteriorated rapidly. In April 1961, following air attacks preparing for the Bay of Pigs Invasion by CIA-trained Cuban exiles, prime minister Fidel Castro declared Cuba to be a socialist republic, and moved quickly to develop the growing relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union. In 1962, Cuba was expelled from the Organization of American States. Shortly afterwards, many nations throughout Latin America broke ties with Cuba, leaving the island increasingly isolated in the region and dependent on Soviet trade and cooperation. Following the establishment of diplomatic ties, and after the Cuban missile crisis in
An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris journal, then in the 10/18 series and finally reedited by Christian Bourgois. "HTMLGIANT"s Lily Hoang reviewed it favorably stating "Georges Perec is charming, the most charming man I will never meet, and "An Attempt" is yet another charming example of his charm." An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris, (French: "Tentative d'épuisement d'un lieu parisien") is a short (roughly 60 pages) book by Georges Perec written in October 1974 and published in 1975. It is a collection of observations which Perec wrote as he sat in Saint-Sulpice Square in Paris. Rather