On this day in 1952, Fulgencio Batista led a military coup against outgoing Cuban president Carlos Prío Socarrás, canceling the elections three months before they were scheduled to take place. Batista himself was a candidate in the elections, but was not leading in the polls.
Claiming his actions were necessary to "save the Republic from chaos", Batista, with the backing of the army, stormed the presidential palace, with squads of troops and police surrounding the building. President Prío had left the area 30 minutes before however, and the palace was seized without violence.
The United States recognized his government on March 27th, and Batista allowed U.S. financial interests to dominate Cuba's economy. By the late 1950s, U.S. financial interests owned 90% of Cuban mines, 80% of its public utilities, 50% of its railways, 40% of its sugar production and 25% of its bank deposits, approximately $1 billion in total assets.
When asked to analyze Batista's government, historian Arthur Schlesinger wrote "The corruption of the Government, the brutality of the police, the government's indifference to the needs of the people for education, medical care, housing, for social justice and economic justice...is an open invitation to revolution."
Accordingly, Batista's reign ended on January 1st, 1959 when he was ousted from power by communist revolutionaries. Early that morning, Batista fled with an estimated personal fortune of $300 million to the Dominican Republic, where strongman and previous military ally Rafael Trujillo held power. Batista eventually found political asylum in Oliveira Salazar's Portugal and Francisco Franco's Spain, dying in the latter in 1973.
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no, im a wrecker, this is a poster who tried to gently bring up another viewpoint, was repeatedly dismissed, eventually talked down to, got told to "read settlers" to understand colonialism after repeatedly talking about how colonialism has directly effected them, got a half assed apology from the op, got accused of race baiting by another poster.
you should shut the fuck up, someone pushing back on a viewpoint isn't automatically a wrecker and your shitty dismissive comment here is part of the problem that chutt_buggins is asking for moderation on. go fuckin stick your head in a toliet
Just chill out. Like, not every discussion needs to be 100% serious. The person apologized and your assertion that it was half-assed isn't based on any evidence other than your opinion. You can't keep out-smugging people all the time. It just makes leftist spaces unenjoyable to be in.
people pushing back on harmful comments absolutely should be 100% serious and you don't get to dictate what can and can't be joked about
You don't have to talk to people like they're children. I want you to be more convincing to people rather than what you're doing now which is just dunking on your own basketball net and if someone shows any sign of weakness you take that as an excuse to be even further authoritative to them and how obviously fucking stupid you think they are.
that is absolutely what i'm doing when i get upset someone bringing up legit grievances gets hand waved away as a wrecker, ya got me
You're resorting to snarky rhetoric again instead of talking to me like a human being.
im welly welly sowwy im not being considerate of your feewings when you're going to bat for reactionary behavior and dismissing other people
When's the last time you self-critted?
Look in the fucking mirror.
Hahahahaha holy fuck you aren't even acquainted with the concept of irony, huh?
Oh fuck off, this comment is the most privileged fucking thing I've read all week.
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