Word: putschist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Petty Putschist. Confronted with the immensity of Castro's mismanagement, the Communists are showing themselves less tolerant of Castro's eccentric...
Cuba's old-line Reds have always held a patronizing view of Castro. When he first began his guerrilla fight, the Communists dismissed him as inconsequential; Rodríguez himself laughed off Castro as a "petty putschist." But when it seemed that Castro might win. Rodríguez was sent into the hills to join the rebels...