Batista (mar 10, 1952 – jan 1, 1959)
Description:
-reversed or withheld reforms - avoid US accusations of socialism/intervention (by 1954 CIA was installing US-friendly dictatorships across Central + Latin America)-corruption continued
-violence used to brutally crush opponents --> seen as an imperialist oppressor
-Castro brought legal challenge against Bastista's seizure of power --> "enemy of state", so went into hiding to plan armed revolution
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Date:
mar 10, 1952
jan 1, 1959
~ 6 years and 9 months