At 2:43 on the morning of March 10, 1952. Fulgencio Batista—who had been Cuba’s behind-the-scenes ruler for some ten years—seized Cuba by army coup. Castro, a candidate for Congress in the ...

After 1933, Cuba had seven Presidents in seven years, dependent always on the kingmaker, Fulgencio Batista, an orderly-room sergeant who filled the vacuum after Machado. Said he: “I think it ...

The U.S. also played a role in the rise of Fulgencio Batista, who came to power through a 1933 military coup with U.S. backing. Under Batista, Cuba became a playground for U.S. mobsters ...

A recent video footage projects Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni as a library with tomes of economic information that could turn the fortune of Africa around, if the leaders understand his ...

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A disquieting Washington visit leaves me with a sense that America is making a big break from the past.

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William McKinley was at best a mediocre president, but he had attributes that appeal to Trump.

maps that were used for navigation during the war and bullet holes from an attempted assassination of Fulgencio Batista, which is located in the building's main stairway. There are also areas ...

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