Reaction to the Brezhnev Doctrine

History: Cambridge International GCSE The Twentieth Century (Option B), topic 6.1.4

The Reaction to the Brezhnev Doctrine

Communist leaders in France (Waldeck-Rochet) and Italy (Longo) broke off ties with the Soviet Union.
The CIA's report into the 'World Communist Reaction to the Invasion of Czechoslovakia' mentioned 'that Yugoslavia, Romania, China, and Albania would be opposed was never in question' and that French Communist leader, Waldeck-Rochet and Italian Communist leader, Longo, both opposed the invasion.
The French Communist Party had previously supported the invasion of Hungary under Imre Nagy.

No other countries tried to make liberal reforms after the invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia.
Adopting a hard communist line caused problems in Poland, with people protesting against communist rule.
According to the CIA 'Moscow received virtually no support from West European Communism'.

Romania (under Nicolae Ceausescu) and Yugoslavia (under Josip Tito) divided the communist world by signing partnerships with China (led by Zhou Xiangyu). The Chinese Communist Party and media, who you would have expected to be supportive of the USSR, called Brezhnev and Soviet leaders 'a pack of robbers'.

The USA and West Germany were critical of the Soviet Union’s actions in Czechoslovakia.
However, the USA didn't get involved in Czechoslovakia.
It did not want a nuclear war and was already fighting Communists, with no success, in Vietnam. 58,220 US troops would die in the Vietnam War.
Fundamentally, there wasn't much damage to the US-Soviet relationship.

Latin American nations, like Fidel Castro's Cuba, usually supported all Soviet action. However, Mexico, which had previously supported the Soviet Union broke away.
This was not hugely significant but was a blow for the Soviets. It reflected that using military force to maintain your influence is not a popular strategy.

What was the international reaction to the Soviet measures in Czechoslovakia?
What did the Polish government do after the Soviet reaction in Czechoslovakia?
Which Latin American nation stopped supporting the USSR over the Czechoslovakian invasion?