Grau (sep 10, 1933 – jan 15, 1934)
Description:
-provisional government following Machado's overthrow-promised "new Cuba": democratic government, end to social divide, higher wages, lower prices, votes for women
-declared Platt Amendment null + void
-US worried by proposed changes --> threatened military action
-provisional government began to fall apart: pressure to find best way to placate USA & serve Cuba's needs
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Date:
sep 10, 1933
jan 15, 1934
~ 4 months and 7 days