Prío Socarrás presidency (oct 20, 1948 – mar 10, 1952)

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Elected president on October 10, 1948, Prío continued the centrist policies of his predecessor, Ramón Grau, and pursued programs of agrarian reform and establishment of low-cost housing, a national bank, civil service, and labour courts. He was the first president of Cuba to be born in an independent Cuba and the last to gain his post through universal, contested elections. In spite of vigorous efforts to increase foreign trade and restore public order, Prío was unable to solve Cuba’s economic problems. In the face of growing labour unrest, he did little to combat corruption and gang violence. In 1949 he tried to organize a bloc of Latin American countries committed to democratic government in order to combat internal and external antidemocratic elements. Prío was deposed by Fulgencio Batista in 1952 and went into exile in the United States until 1959, when he returned to Cuba to support Fidel Castro. He returned to Miami in 1961, becoming a spokesman for the Cuban community in exile. His death was apparently a suicide.

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