Carlos Machado Morales

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Carlos Machado Morales
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Cuban Senator
In office
?–1933
Branch/service
Rank Colonel
Battles/wars

Carlos Machado y Morales was a Cuban soldier and infantry officer who became the 2nd-most powerful person in Cuba during the reign of the Machado regime, being in control of the Senate and his own newspaper, while his brother was in control of the Presidency. Machado fought with the Mambises and the Cuban Liberation Army for the Republic of Cuba in Arms during the Cuban War of Independence and the Spanish–American War. [1] [2] After the Liberal Revolt of 1906, Machado and his brother Gerardo were both imprisoned in the Prince's Castle. [3] During the War of 1912, he was placed in charge of the 2nd Infantry Regiment and was one of the most prominent military figures in the Oriente Province, placed in charge of the garrison at Guantánamo. [4] [5] [6] After the Cuban elections of 1916, Machado became a Chambelona, and commanded units during the Chambelona War, after which he was arrested for treason. [7] [8] When his brother, Gerardo Machado, [9] became the President of Cuba, Machado soon became the leader of the Liberal Party of Cuba in the Senate of Cuba, representing Las Villas Province. [10] [11] He was also for some time the director of the Cuban newspaper Heraldo de Cuba . [12] Following the collapse of his brother's government after the success of the Cuban General Strike of 1933, Machado was ordered to return to Cuba to face execution by a military tribunal, an order which he disobeyed. [13]

References

  1. ↑ lemes (2021-03-12). "La invasión de Oriente a Occidente: una gesta y un monumento para perpetuarla (página 2)". Monografias.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  2. ↑ "SANTA CLARA DESEMPOLVA ARCHIVOS (5) | CubanosDeKilates". cubanosdekilates.blogia.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-01-18. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  3. ↑ "Las eleeciones fraudulentas de 1905". University of Florida (in Spanish). Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ Capmany, José M.; Conte, Rafael (1912). "Guerra de Razas". www.gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  5. ↑ Rodríguez, Rolando (2010). "La conspiración de los iguales: II El auge de la rebelión" (PDF). p. 182.
  6. ↑ Fernández, Silvio Castro. "La Masacre De Los Independientes De Color (La Guerra De 1912 En Cuba): COMBATES EN LA ZONA DE GUANTÁNAMO" (PDF). afrocubaweb.com. pp. 44–45. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  7. ↑ "¡Aé, aé, aé! ¡Aé, la chambelona!". Cubadebate (in European Spanish). 2023-01-28. Archived from the original on 2023-07-21. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  8. ↑ "BOLETIN DEL EJERCITO: DECRETO Nro. 524" (PDF). University of Florida. March 1918. pp. 191–192.
  9. ↑ "Apuntes históricos sobre el antiguo municipio de Esperanza y sus médicos". Cuadernos de Historia de la Salud Pública (95): 0–0. June 2004. ISSN   0045-9178.
  10. ↑ Harper Amp Brothers New York (1931). Political Handbook Of The World 1931. pp. 41–42.
  11. ↑ Primelles, León (1955). Crónica cubana 1915-1918. Talleres Tipográficos de Editorial Lex. p. 76.
  12. ↑ "Army Gets Power of Arrest". The New York Times. 1931-01-10. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
  13. ↑ "CUBA SPEEDS PLANS FOR NEW BASIC LAW; President Prepared to Call Constituent Assembly Before Elections if People Wish. (Published 1933)". The New York Times. 1933-08-31. Retrieved 2025-11-18.
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