Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer and politician who was the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and military dictator of the country from 1952 until his overthrow in the Cuban Revolution in 1959.
The 26th of July Movement was a Cuban vanguard revolutionary organization and later a political party led by Fidel Castro. The movement's name commemorates the failed 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba,part of an attempt to overthrow the dictator Fulgencio Batista.
The Moncada Barracks were military barracks in Santiago de Cuba,Cuba named after General Guillermo Moncada,a hero of the Cuban War of Independence. On 26 July 1953,the barracks was the site of an armed attack by a small group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro. That day a simultaneous attack was carried out on the Carlos M. de Cespedes Barracks in Bayamo directed by Raúl Martínez Ararás by order of Castro. The attack failed and the surviving revolutionaries were imprisoned. This armed attack is widely accepted as the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. The date on which the attack took place,26 July,was adopted by Castro as the name for his revolutionary movement,Movimiento 26 Julio,which eventually toppled the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista on 1 January 1959.
Manuel Urrutia Lleó was a liberal Cuban lawyer and politician. He campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and the dictatorial second presidency of Fulgencio Batista during the 1950s,before serving as president in the revolutionary government of 1959. Urrutia resigned his position after only seven months,owing to a series of disputes with revolutionary leader Fidel Castro,and emigrated to the United States shortly afterward.
This article gives an overview of liberalism in Cuba. It is limited to liberal parties with substantial support,mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.
Rolando Arcadio Masferrer Rojas,better known simply as Rolando Masferrer,was a Cuban henchman,lawyer,congressman,newspaper publisher and a political activist.
Julio Antonio Mella McPartland was a Cuban political activist,journalist,communist revolutionary,and one of the founders of the original Communist Party of Cuba. Mella studied law at the University of Havana but was expelled in 1925. He had worked against the government of Gerardo Machado,which had grown increasingly repressive. Mella left the country,reaching Central America. He traveled north to Mexico City,where he worked with other exiled dissidents and communist sympathizers against the Machado government. He was assassinated in 1929,but historians still disagree on which parties were responsible for his death. The 21st century Cuban government regards Mella as a communist hero and martyr.
The Cuban Revolutionary Party –Authentic,commonly called the Authentic Party,was a political party in Cuba most active between 1934 and 1952. Although the Partido Auténtico had significant influence,it eventually became unpopular due to corruption scandals and,despite significant reforms,Fulgencio Batista returned to power after a coup d’etat.
The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's regime by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new Cuban government led by Fidel Castro in 1959.
The 1940 Constitution of Cuba was implemented during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista on 10 October 1940. It was primarily influenced by the collectivist ideas that inspired the Cuban Revolution of 1933. Widely considered one of the most progressive constitutions at the time,it provided for land reform,public education,a minimum wage and other social programs. It had 286 articles in 19 sections.
Miguel Ángel Quevedo y de la Lastra was the publisher and editor of Bohemia,the most popular news-weekly in Cuba and the oldest Latin America,known for its political journalism and editorial writing.
The Popular Socialist Party was a communist party in Cuba. It was founded in 1925 as the Cuban Communist Party by JoséMiguel Pérez,Carlos Baliño,Alfonso Bernal del Riesgo,and Julio Antonio Mella. The party later merged with the Revolutionary Union to form the Communist Revolutionary Union on 13 August 1939. The party was renamed Popular Socialist Party on 22 January 1944,but with the Auténticos' victory in the 1944 elections,the party went into decline.
Blas Roca Calderio was a Cuban politician and Marxist theorist who served as President of the National Assembly of People's Power in Cuba from 1976 to 1981. He was also head of the pre-1959 revolution Communist Party of Cuba for 28 years and editor of the communist newspaper Hoy. He was a signatory of the Cuban Constitution of 1940 and chaired the committee that wrote the country's first socialist constitution in 1976.
Aureliano Sánchez Arango was a Cuban lawyer,politician and university professor.
María Dolores "Mary" Tarrero-Serrano de Prio was a Cuban politician who was the First Lady of Cuba from 1948 to 1952. She was the second wife of Cuban President Carlos Prío Socarrás,who was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista in the 1952 Cuban coup d'état.
The Republic of Cuba,covering the historical period in Cuban history between 1902 and 1959,was an island country comprised the island of Cuba,as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. It was located where the northern Caribbean Sea,Gulf of Mexico,and Atlantic Ocean meet. The period began in 1902 following the end of its first U.S. military occupation years after Cuba declared independence in 1898 from the Spanish Empire. This era included various changing governments and US military occupations,and ended with the outbreak of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. During this period,the United States exerted great influence on Cuban politics,notably through the Platt Amendment.
The early life of Cuban dictator and politician Fidel Castro spans the first 26 years of his life,from 1926 to 1952. Born in Birán,Oriente Province,Castro was the illegitimate son of Ángel Castro y Argiz,a wealthy farmer and landowner,and his mistress Lina Ruz González. First educated by a tutor in Santiago de Cuba,Fidel Castro then attended two boarding schools before being sent to El Colegio de Belén,a school run by Jesuits in Havana. In 1945 he began studying law at the University of Havana,where he first became politically conscious,becoming a staunch anti-imperialist and critic of United States involvement in the Caribbean. Involved in student politics,he was affiliated to Eduardo Chibás and his Partido Ortodoxo,achieving publicity as a vocal critic of the pro-U.S. administration of President Ramón Grau and his Partido Auténtico.
Bohemia Magazine,is a Spanish language illustrated magazine based in Havana,Cuba,that was founded in 1908. It is the oldest general consumer magazine in Cuba,and the oldest magazine in all of Latin America. It provides articles relating to political commentary,long-form journalism,history,historical analysis,and fashion advice. It claims to be the first magazine to publish the work of Cuban artists in full color.
The 1952 Cuban coup d'état took place in Cuba on March 10,1952,when the Cuban Constitutional Army,led by Fulgencio Batista,intervened in the election that was scheduled to be held on 1 June 1952,staging a coup d'état and establishing a de facto military dictatorship in the country. The coup has been referred to as the Batistazo in Cuban political jargon.
Conrado Walter Massaguer y Diaz was a Cuban artist,political satirist,and magazine publisher. He is considered a student of the Art Nouveau. He was the first caricaturist in the world to broadcast his art on television. He was first caricaturist to exhibit on Fifth Avenue. He was the first caricaturist in the world to exhibit his caricatures on wood. He,and his brother Oscar,were the first magazine publishers in the world to use photolithographic printing.
