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Cuban government

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Cuban government

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Organization Timeline

Batista seizes power in a military coup

đź“… 10 March 1952

Fulgencio Batista overthrew President Carlos Prío Socarrás, cancelled elections and suspended constitutional government. The coup created the dictatorship against which the revolutionary movement...

Moncada prisoners receive amnesty

đź“… 15 May 1955

Popular pressure contributed to an amnesty that freed Fidel Castro, RaĂşl Castro and other imprisoned rebels.

United States suspends arms shipments to Batista

đź“… 13 March 1958

Washington halted government arms deliveries as evidence of repression and political instability mounted, though previously supplied weapons remained in use.

Batista holds controlled elections

đź“… 3 November 1958

The opposition rejected elections conducted amid civil war and repression. Andrés Rivero Agüero was declared the winner.

Batista flees Cuba

đź“… 1 January 1959

Fulgencio Batista left the country before dawn as his government and armed forces disintegrated.