![The Sept. 17, 1979, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101790917_400.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
By Lily Rothman
As news emerges that the United States and Cuba are planning to normalize diplomatic relations, take a look back at how portrayals of Cuba have changed over the years — from pre-Castro leader Batista, to the revolution, to the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis.
![Apr. 26, 1937, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101370426_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Jan. 26, 1959, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101590126_400-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Aug. 8, 1960, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101600808_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Apr. 28, 1961, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101610428_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Apr. 27, 1962, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101620427_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Nov. 2, 1962, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101621102_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Oct. 8, 1965, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101651008_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Jun. 13, 1969, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101690613_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Sept. 17, 1979, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101790917_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Dec. 6, 1993, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101931206_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![The Sept. 5, 1994, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101940905_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Feb. 20, 1995, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101950220_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Jan. 26, 1998, cover of TIME](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/1101980126_400.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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Write to Lily Rothman at lily.rothman@time.com