Word: baptista
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that approximately 119 officers in the Cuban Army were shot or blown into small pieces by Baptista's rank-and-file Monday has certainly strengthened the case of those who have sounded the usual cry: "Let's intervene to establish law and order." Advocates of this course cite the civil war in progress and the strong possibility of its expansion in the future; they argue the irreconcilability of the opposing factions and declare that even a dictatorship of the Machado stamp is preferable to anarchy. There is some logical force behind this stand: as long as a large part...