1952 Cuban coup d'état

1952 military coup led by Fulgencio Batista 1952 Cuban coup d'état File:Lideres del Golpe de Estado en Cuba de 1952.jpg At Camp Columbia on March 10, 1952. Four of the coup leaders. From left to right: Luis Robaina Piedra, Martín Díaz Tamayo, Francisco Tabernilla Dolz, and Eulogio Cantillo.175pxBatista on a press conference at the same day.175pxBatista in 1952. March 10, 1952 Cuba Military victory Cuba's government overthrown Cuban elections ended Military junta assumes power Cuban government Cuban Constitutional Army Carlos Prío Socarrás Fulgencio BatistaLuis Robaina PiedraMartín Díaz TamayoFrancisco Tabernilla DolzEulogio Cantillo 290 The 1952 Cuban coup d'état took place in Cuba on March 10, 1952, when the Cuban Constitutional Army, led by Fulgencio Batista, intervened in the election that was scheduled to be held on 1 June 1952, staging a coup d'état and establishing a de facto military dictatorship in the country.http://noticias.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI115107-EI1411,00-Fatos+historicos+do+dia+de+abril.html Fatos históricos do dia 5 de abril Portuguese Noticias Terra The coup has been referred to as the Batistazo in Cuban political jargon.Kapcia Antoni 2022 Historical Dictionary of Cuba https://books.google.com/books?id=xbpmEAAAQBAJ&dq=batistazo&pg=PR21 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers xxii 9781442264557 Background 1940 Constitution of Cuba In 1940 a new democratic constitution had been ratified in Cuba. In order to engage in the elections following the constitution's ratification, Fulgencio Batista resigned from the military to focus on a career in politics. He ran for president with support from the Communist Revolutionary Union party, under the front banner of the Democratic Socialist Coalition. Batista won the election that year and served a four-year tenure. After his tenure the constitution prohibited presidents from running for consecutive terms, so he had a proxy candidate Carlos Saladrigas Zayas run as his substitute. Saladrigas would be defeated in a landslide.Escalona Roberto 1992 The Tiger and the Children https://books.google.com/books?id=S29i6qtmKngC&dq=batista+democratic+socialist+coalition&pg=PA65 Transaction Publishers 64–67 9781412840040 After the electoral defeat Batista would leave Cuba for the United States, but remained head of the Cuban army. As the presidency of Carlos Prío Socarrás came to a close, Batista believed he could win in the following 1952 election. He was legally allowed to run again since he had not served a term since 1944. Batista (a Senator at the time) ran under the label of his own United Action Party and believed his previous popularity would guarantee him victory. An opinion poll before the election predicted Batista coming in dead last in the election. Concerned about losing the 1952 presidential election Batista began to plot a coup with retired military officials and active troops.Stanley John 2016 History for the IB Diploma Paper 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=5jyeDAAAQBAJ&dq=batista+democratic+socialist+coalition&pg=PA81 Cambridge University Press 81–82 9781316503751Rosan Jonathan Kassab Hanna 2016 U.S.–Cuba Relations Charting a New Path https://books.google.com/books?id=Fg5nDQAAQBAJ&dq=batista+democratic+socialist+coalition&pg=PA38 Lexington Books 39–40 9781498537742 Events On March 10 all military garrisons came under rebel military command without resistance. The rebel officers occupied the University of Havana and opposition newspaper offices. Labor leaders were arrested and a communication black out ensued. A military junta formed in Camp Columbia with Fulgencio Batista as its head and declared itself the new government of Cuba.Perez Louis 1976 Army Politics in Cuba, 1898-1958 https://books.google.com/books?id=1Ym-HR1XOGcC&dq=cuba+puros&pg=PA126 University of Pittsburgh Press 117–133 9780822976066 Aftermath Cuban Revolution left|thumb|Press conference in Camp Columbia, Havana after the 1952 Cuban coup Just two weeks after the coup, the United States recognized his government on March 27. A smiling picture of Batista with the Cuban flag behind him appeared on the cover of Time magazine, with the headline "Cuba's Batista: He Got Past Democracy’s Sentries".This date is given in many sources although there is none that seemed to be clearly definitive. The closest is a recommendation from US Secretary of State Dean Acheson to President Truman on March 24 recommending recognition on that date: Acheson Dean Continuation of Diplomatic Relations with Cuba https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v04/d327 Office of the Historian of the United States Department of State United States Department of State March 9, 2017 March 24, 1952English T. J. Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution 2008 Harper 89-90 Cuban Choteo humor became more popular after the coup due to political pessimism in the country. Choteo humor mocked the political establishment and took a self-satirizing approach to portraying the "lack" of capabilities of the Cuban people. Martíanismo also became the popular ideology of most of the Cuban political opposition. Before then the ideas of José Martí were less important compared to his image as an authentic Cuban founding father whose invocation gave legitimacy to opposition organizations. After the 1952 coup the ideas and image of Martí had become so popular within the opposition that Martíano language was the common expression of opposition politics.Abel Christopher 2015 José Martí Revolutionary Democrat https://books.google.com/books?id=b4FqCgAAQBAJ&dq=batistazo&pg=PA61 Bloomsbury Publishing 61–64 9781474241656 Batista (whose rule was formalized after the 1954 general election) went on to rule the country until January 1, 1959, when he was forced into exile with his family (first to the Trujillo–ruled Dominican Republic, then Corporatist Portugal and eventually Francoist Spain). Batista's exile marked the climax of the Cuban Revolution, which started on July 26, 1953, with the attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, and saw Fidel Castro emerging as the new leader of Cuba.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/56027/Fulgencio-Batista Fulgencio Batista Encyclopædia Britannica See also History of Cuba Timeline of Cuban history Cuba References Category:Republic of Cuba (1902–1959) Category:Political history of Cuba Category:Military history of Cuba Category:1952 in Cuba Category:March 1952 in North America Category:1952 conflicts Category:1950s coups d'état