claim: Barcelona is the least populated municipality in Spain.
evidence: The Cuban Missile Crisis , also known as the October Crisis -LRB- Crisis de Octubre -RRB- , the Caribbean Crisis -LRB- Карибскии кризис , tr .. Karibskij krizis -RRB- , or the Missile Scare , was a 13-day -LRB- October 16 -- 28 , 1962 -RRB- confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba .. Cuba. Cuba. Turkey. Turkey. Italy. Italy. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. ballistic missile. ballistic missile. The confrontation is often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war .. Cold War. Cold War. nuclear war. Nuclear warfare. In response to the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion of 1961 , and the presence of American Jupiter ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey , Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev decided to agree to Cuba 's request to place nuclear missiles on the island to deter future invasions .. Cuba. Cuba. Turkey. Turkey. Italy. Italy. Nikita Khrushchev. Nikita Khrushchev. Bay of Pigs Invasion. Bay of Pigs Invasion. Jupiter ballistic missiles. PGM-19 Jupiter. An agreement was reached during a secret meeting between Khrushchev and Fidel Castro in July 1962 and construction of a number of missile launch facilities started later that summer .. Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro. missile launch facilities. Missile launch facility. The 1962 midterm elections were under way in the United States and the White House had denied charges that it was ignoring dangerous Soviet missiles 90 miles from Florida .. The 1962 midterm elections. United States elections, 1962. These missile preparations were confirmed when an Air Force U-2 spy plane produced clear photographic evidence of medium-range -LRB- SS-4 -RRB- and intermediate-range -LRB- R-14 -RRB- ballistic missile facilities .. U-2. Lockheed U-2. ballistic missile. ballistic missile. U-2 spy plane. Lockheed U-2. produced clear photographic evidence. Aerial reconnaissance#Cold War. The United States established a military blockade to prevent further missiles from reaching Cuba .. Cuba. Cuba. It announced that they would not permit offensive weapons to be delivered to Cuba and demanded that the weapons already in Cuba be dismantled and returned to the USSR .. Cuba. Cuba. After a long period of tense negotiations , an agreement was reached between U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev .. John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy. Publicly , the Soviets would dismantle their offensive weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union , subject to United Nations verification , in exchange for a U.S. public declaration and agreement never to invade Cuba again without direct provocation .. Cuba. Cuba. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Secretly , the United States also agreed that it would dismantle all U.S.-built Jupiter MRBMs , which , unknown to the public , had been deployed in Turkey and Italy against the Soviet Union .. Turkey. Turkey. Italy. Italy. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. Jupiter MRBMs. PGM-19 Jupiter. When all offensive missiles and Ilyushin Il-28 light bombers had been withdrawn from Cuba , the blockade was formally ended on November 20 , 1962 .. Cuba. Cuba. Ilyushin Il-28. Ilyushin Il-28. The negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union pointed out the necessity of a quick , clear , and direct communication line between Washington and Moscow .. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. As a result , the Moscow -- Washington hotline was established .. A series of agreements sharply reduced U.S. -- Soviet tensions during the following years .