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Word: directorio (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Dissension, Confusion. If the victors were united in revenge, they were divided in how to share the glory. The Directorio Revolucionario, a student group backed by onetime President Carlos Prio, which had its own band of guerrillas in the central Cuban mountains, worried that adulation for Castro might turn him into a swellhead dictator. The Directorio insisted on stockpiling guns for itself. Castro grew furious, ordered the students to turn over the arms. Outgunned, they complied...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Jubilation & Revenge | 1/19/1959 | See Source »

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