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...pattern of division began to take form last week in Cuba's new government. On one hand, a pair of responsible moderates, President Manuel Urrutia and Premier Jose Miró Cardona, struggled with the nation's immediate problems, notably restless labor. On the other, Fidel Castro (who hand-picked Urrutia and Miró Cardona) moved uncoordinatedly toward a nationalist, leftist social program...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Separate Roads | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...Havana the Urrutia-Miró Cardona team labored in all-night Cabinet meetings to cope with a wave of strikes. Dictator Fulgencio Batista kept Cuba's unions close-reined, and they stuck with him to the end. Now freed from restraint and wooed by Communists and Castro, they are demanding sweeping concessions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Separate Roads | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...week's end Miró Cardona persuaded Castro to take notice of the sugar threat. Castro asked the workers "not to create problems by striking now." But he added that the "sugar magnates" obviously brought on the strikes themselves because they know Cuba needs a successful harvest this year. "They have us at a disadvantage," he snapped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Separate Roads | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...pattern of division was enough to make a Communist exult. Said Red Leader Anibal Escalante: "The dynamic forces of the revolution will sweep away conservatives like Miró Cardona...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Separate Roads | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

Provisional President Manuel Urrutia immediately announced his choice of Castro for the premiership. That job normally means head of government under the president, who is chief of state. Castro replaces Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: President Urrutia Names Castro As New Prime Minister of Cuba; Worry Rises Over Dulles Illness | 2/14/1959 | See Source »

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