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Jun 21, 2024 · Fulgencio Batista, soldier and political leader who twice ruled Cuba—first in 1933–44 with an efficient government and again in 1952–59 as a dictator, jailing his opponents, using terrorist methods, and making fortunes for himself and his associates.
- Tania Bruguera
Tania Bruguera (born July 18, 1968, Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban...
- Gerardo Machado Y Morales
Gerardo Machado y Morales was a hero in the Cuban War of...
- Cuban Revolution
Cuban Revolution, armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the...
- Tania Bruguera
Jun 14, 2024 · Cuban Revolution, armed uprising in Cuba that overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista on January 1, 1959. The revolution had as its genesis a failed assault on the Santiago de Cuba army barracks on July 26, 1953. That attack’s leader, Fidel Castro, went on to rule Cuba from 1959 to 2008.
3 days ago · Fulgencio Batista, a former soldier who had served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944, became president for the second time in 1952, after seizing power in a military coup and canceling the 1952 elections.
Jun 29, 2024 · Marina Kue, Curuguaty, Paraguay – A lonely dirt road leads to Marina Kue in eastern Paraguay; 2,000 hectares of arable land forever marked as a last stand between the heirs of Paraguay’s late...
3 days ago · Mr. Smith first arrived in Cuba in the midst of the revolution against the government of Fulgencio Batista. After the government fell on Jan. 1, 1959, he oversaw the evacuation of U.S. citizens ...
Jun 14, 2024 · Cuban Revolution - Fidel Castro, Batista, Uprising: Hundreds of people linked to the Batista government were put to death by revolutionary courts. For financing, Castro turned to expropriation, forced lending, heavier taxation, exchange control, and confiscation of foreign assets.
5 days ago · Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar (1902-1975) The product of plantation-worker parents, Fulgencio Batista was born in Cuba's rural Oriente Province in 1902. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the Cuban army, working his way through the enlisted ranks until September 4, 1933, when he led a "Revolt of the Sergeants," which toppled the Cuban government.
