BATISTA ZALDIVAR, FULGENCIO (1901-1973):
When he was a sergeant of the Cuban constitutional army, he formed part
of a group of the military who rebelled against Gerardo Machado’s dictatorship
in 1933. Under those extraordinary
circumstances, he was placed in command of the army and reached the rank of
colonel in just a few days. However,
he betrayed the revolutionary forces that fought against the tyrant and proved
to be an opportunists with a servile attitude towards the United States
government.
From 1940 to 1944, he was president of the Republic of Cuba, and on March
10, 1952, he headed a military coup d’etat and began a bloody dictatorship
that lasted almost seven years. That
action was the result of maneuvers by Cuban and American reactionary groups who
feared a popular electoral victory.
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