Fulgencio Batista

General Fulgencio Batista y Zald?var (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was the de facto leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and the country's de jure President from 1940 to 1944 and again, after a coup, from 1952 to 1959.

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Batista was born in Banes, Cuba in 1901 and considered socially mulatto (mixed African and Spanish blood, with additional admixture of Filipino and Amerindian). Said to be the son of Mambi (Cuban Wars of Independence fighter) Belisario Batista, he joined the army in 1921. Sergeant Batista led the 1933 "Sergeants' Revolt" which replaced the Provisional Government of Carlos Manuel de C?spedes, who had previously ousted Gerardo Machado. Ram?n Grau was made president and Batista became the Army Chief of Staff and effectively controlled the presidency. One should note in passing that Fidel and Raul Castro were born in Biran (from a malevolent Taino dog deity Opiel-Guao-Biran) which is relatively near Banes. The Batista and Castro families had social contact. Batista is known to have given Fidel Castro a large wedding present, and Raul is commonly believed to be the son of a senior Batista officer.

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