Word: fulgencio
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Since his return from exile two years ago ex-President Fulgencio Batista, 49, has been living quietly on an estate outside Havana. Last week Batista, who gave Cuba eleven years of "disciplined democracy" between 1933 and 1944, announced that he would run for President again in 1952. Said the greying ex-Strong Man: This island would be a paradise if it were properly governed...
Castellanos had fought the Auténticos with one of the strangest political alliances in the republic's history. Behind him were right-wing Republicans, former Dictator Fulgencio Batista, ex-President Grau San Martin (who is Batista's pet hate) and Cuba's small (140,000 members) Communist Party (Popular Socialist Party). The comrades made the most of the coalition victory. Crowed their daily, Hoy: "We salute the overwhelming victory of national significance of our candidate...