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...back. He turned to law, defended a few friends in political trouble, a few farmers evicted from their plots; he honeymooned in New York with his bride Mirtha. fathered a son named Fidel, settled down in Havana. At 2:43 on the morning of March 10, 1952. Fulgencio Batista-who had been Cuba's behind-the-scenes ruler for some ten years-seized Cuba by army coup. Castro, a candidate for Congress in the elections that Batista canceled, at once found his cause...
After 1933, Cuba had seven Presidents in seven years, dependent always on the kingmaker, Fulgencio Batista, an orderly-room sergeant who filled the vacuum after Machado. Said he: "I think it would be criminal to take advantage of the power I have achieved; I can never become President." In 1940 he became President. After four years Batista allowed his hand-picked successor to be defeated in Cuba's first honest election and retired to Daytona Beach to enjoy his graft. The administrations of Ramón Grau San Martin. (1944-48) and Carlos Prío Socarr...
With jubilation and bloody revenge, Cuba's new government stepped off toward its uncharted, uncertain future. Rebel Fidel Castro came to Havana, the age-old smile of the conqueror on his face. He pushed through screaming Havana mobs to Camp Columbia, stronghold of ex-Dictator Fulgencio Batista's army. The march of los barbudos, the bearded rebels who toppled Batista after two dogged years of guerrilla warfare, was complete...
Timeswoman Ruby Phillips has outlasted eleven Cuban governments, and has had a way with all of them. "Ruby knows as much about Cuba as I do," says ex-President Ramón Grau San Martin. Fulgencio Batista admired and respected the Timeslady. "Although Batista has no reason to be fond of our coverage," said Emanuel R. Freedman, the Times's foreign news editor and Ruby's boss, "she still enjoys his confidence." Ruby herself says simply: "I have good connections in every faction in Cuba...
HAVANA, Cuba--Rebel leader Fidel Castro has derided reports that supporters of the ousted dictator Fulgencio Batista would try to invade Cuba from Batista's refuge in the Dominican Republic. Castro spoke yesterday as Cuba's revolutionary tribunals prepared to start war crimes trials today of Batista henchmen at La Cabana fortress...