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The Cuban Revolution (Spanish: Revolución cubana) was the military and political overthrow of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, which had reigned as the government of Cuba between 1952 and 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état , which saw Batista topple the nascent Cuban democracy and consolidate power.
The Cuban War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia cubana), also known in Cuba as the Necessary War (Spanish: Guerra Necesaria), [5] fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) [6] and the Little War (1879–1880).
The governments of Cuba between independence from Spain and the Revolution have been regarded as client state of the United States. [7] From 1902 to 1934, Cuban and U.S. law included the Platt Amendment , which guaranteed the United States right to intervene in Cuba, making it a U.S. protectorate , and placed restrictions on Cuban foreign ...
The Gómez government suppresses the Negro Rebellion, a revolt on the part of Afro-Cubans. 1913: 20 May: The presidency of Mario García Menocal begins. 1914 20 February Cuban Scouting Movement begins in the lobby of Revista Bohemia. 1918: 7 April: Cuba enters World War I on the side of the Allies.
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The War of 1912 (Spanish: Levantamiento Armado de los Independientes de Color, lit. 'Armed Uprising of the Independents of Color'), also known as the Little Race War, the Negro Rebellion, or The Twelve, was a series of protests and uprisings in 1912 in Cuba, which saw conflict between Afro-Cuban rebels and the armed forces of Cuba.
The Cuban Revolution of 1933 (Spanish: Revolución cubana de 1933), also called the Sergeants' Revolt, was a coup d'etat that occurred in Cuba in September 1933. It began as a revolt of sergeants and enlisted men in the military, who soon allied with student activists in the Directorio Estudiantil Universitario .
Cuba had Latin America's highest per capita consumption rates of meat, vegetables, cereals, automobiles, telephones and radios during this period. [117] [120] [121]: 186 Havana was the world's fourth-most-expensive city at the time. [108] Moreover, Cuba's health service was remarkably developed.