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The Struggle for Democracy in Cuba: The Republic
1. The Struggle for
Democracy in Cuba:
The Republic
INTRODUCTION
M. FONT
THE BILDNER CENTER FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE STUDIES
2. Chronology (1893-1933)
1898: Treaty of Paris Ending Spanish American War
1901: Spain withdraws from Cuba, U.S. admin.
1901: Platt Amendment
1902-1906: President Tomás Estrada Palma; U.S. Governor William H. Taft/Charles
Magoon administer Cuba with help of U.S. troops
1909-1913: José Miguel Gómez; Independent Colored Union Uprising; U.S. Marines
1913-1916: Mario Garcia Menocal; Liberal revolt over election fraud; U.S. Marines
1921: Alfredo Zayas
1924-1933: Gerardo Machado
1929-1933: Uprising topples President Machado; U.S. Secretary of State Welles and
Revolutionary leaders name Carlos Manuel Cespedes as interim president
1933: Sergeants revolt, Ramón Grau San Martín appointed provisional president;
deposed by Sergeant/Colonel Batista
3. Chronology (1933-1958)
1934: Platt Amendment abrogated under Treaty of Relations; Treaty of Reciprocity
guarantee Cuba a share of U.S. sugar market
1935: Resignation of President Mendieta
1936: Election of Miguel Mariano Gómez followed by his impeachment engineered by
Fulgencio Batista; Vice President Federico Laredo Brú serves remainder of Gomez’s turn
1940: Election of Fulgencio Batista
1944: Election of Ramón Grau San Martín
1948: Election of Carlos Prío Socarrás
1952: Golpe de Estado by Batista; inaugurates himself President
1956: Castro and 82 followers land in Cuba; Revolutionary Student Directorate storms
the presidential palace in assassination attempt
1958: U.S. Arms support withdrawn
1958: Batista goes into exile; Castro enters Havana