Castro's Consolidation of Power

Question 1

Batista fled Cuba in

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1958

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Army attempted to establish US supported

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junta

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CIA Coup

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Guatemala in 1954, at behest of US corporations.

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Jan 1959, John Foster Dulles

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“provisional government free from communist taint.”

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Nixon met Castro in

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1959

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US trade embargo

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1959-1960

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Bay of Pigs Invasion

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17 April 1971

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May 1971

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Cuban Revolutionists announced that they were socialist.

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PSP

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Popular Socialist Party

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Nov 1959

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Removing anti-communists from power

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Antonio Núñez Jiménez, head of INRA

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The National Institute of Agrarian Reform

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ORI

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1961 - 26 of July Movement, DR, and PSP merged to create Integrated Revolutionary Organisations.

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PCC

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1965- Communist Party of Cuba

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Jan 1959

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Provisional government.

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Manuel Urrutia Lleó

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President of pg

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José Miró Cardona

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Prime minister of pf

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Rebels in party

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3 - one from the M-26-7

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Leader of armed forces

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Castro

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ORPC

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Office of the Revolutionary Plans and Coordination

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Feb 1959

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Miró resigned and Castro made prime minister. Power with ORPC

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April 1959

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Urrutia closed casinos and brothels. Riots with urban worlers.

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INRA and ORPC

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INRA absorbed the ORPC, becoming Cuba’s real government and superseding Urrutia’s government.

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Pedro Díaz Lanz

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Chief of Revolutionary Air Force resigned in Jan 1960, for too much communism.

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Urrutia vs Castro

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Power struggle after Lanz, Castro resigned PM, in protest againt Urrutia (who was planning treason).

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July 1960

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Urrutia resigned.

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Osvaldo Dorticós

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Urrutia replacement, more amenable to Castro's decisions. Remained President until 1976.

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Dec 1976,

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Castro replaced Doritcós naming him President of Cuba

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Dec 1960

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Fidel Castro was 'supreme leader'

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Laws

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Political parties banned News and radio censored. All judicial, legislative and executive power was in hands of Castro.

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April 1959

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Castro suspending election.

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1963 ORI to PURS

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United Party of the Socialist Revolution.

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1972

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Castro's unlimited power reduced, his roles shared among members of newly enlarged Cuban cabinet.