Batista y Cuba (Fotos I)

Nota: Publico hoy la primera parte de una serie de fotos de Fulgencio Batista, organizadas cronológicamente, y que sirven (para ayudar) a tener una idea de la vida política (oficial) republicana en la Isla, a partir de los años 30 y hasta los 60s del siglo pasado. He respetado los pies de foto de AP.

Gaspar, El Lugareño

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Col. Fulgencio Batista of the Mendieta administration in Cuba and head of the Cuban army,

is seen in 1934. (AP Photo)

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Col. Fulgencio Batista, in uniform with no hat, second from right, examines a rifle grenade,
one of a shipment recently received for the Cuban Army, shown Nov. 23, 1933.
Grau San Martin's government is making every effort to quell counter revolutionary activities.
He is shown with several other Cuban officers in the Cabana Fortress, Havana. (AP Photo)
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Col. Fulgencio Batista of the Mendieta administration in Cuba and head of the Cuban army,
is seen in 1934. (AP Photo)
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President Laredo Bru, of Cuba, is visited by Col. Fulgencio Batista, army chief
whose dispute with former President Gomez resulted in the ouster trial which
put Bru in office in Havana. They are shown together, Dec. 25, 1936.
After a conference, Col. Batista issued a statement praising President Bru
and pledging support of the army for his regime. (AP Photo)
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When Cuba's "Strongman," Col. Fulgencio Batista, returned to Havana
after a visit to the United States, he was accorded the greatest ovation
ever given to any Cuban official, Nov. 25, 1938.
Hugebanners here are carried in a parade that lasted five hours
and was witnessed by crowds estimated at over 200,000 persons.
In the background is the famous Morro Castle. (AP Photo)
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Col. Fulgencio Batista, right, presidential candidate of Cuba, and former
President Mario G. Menocal, left, are shown together in Havana, March 19, 1940.
Batista was the head of the Cuban Army. (AP Photo)
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President Fulgencio Batista signs a declaration of war against Japan that
passed the Cuban House and Senate unanimously and thus cast his little nation's
lot with the United States, Dec. 10, 1941. Andres Domingo Morales del Castillo,
secretary of the president, right, watches the signing. (AP Photo)
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Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, left, is shown with Nelson Rockefeller, 1942,
location unknown. (AP Photo)

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President Roosevelt greets President Fulgencio Batista, as the Cuban leader
arrived in Washington by plane, Dec. 8, 1942, for a visit. Capt. John McCrea,
Roosevelt's naval aide, salutes at center. (AP Photo)
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Dr. Ramon Grau San Martin, left, new president of Cuba, receives a friendly handshake
from retiring President Fulgencio Batista before 35,000 persons who attended the Island's
inauguration ceremony in Havana, on Oct. 10, 1944. Vice President Raul De Cardenas,
not shown in photo, looks on. (AP Photo)
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Col. Fulgencio Batista, left, former president of Cuba, talks with Dr. Fernando de los Rios,
leader of the exiled Spanish Republican government, at New York's Hunter College, April 17,
1946 where the United Nations Security Council heard a demand by Poland that the U.N. break
relations with the Franco regime in Spain. (AP Photo)
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Monsignor Jose Dominguez of Havana shows President Fulgencio Batista the crown donated
by Mexican Catholics for the coronation, Jan. 11, 1953. (AP Photo)
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Presidents of American nations stand at left in the Salon Bolivar, Panama, July 22, 1956 as
Francisco Beckmann, Catholic Archbishop of Panama, right, delivers the invocation before the
assembled heads of state signed the Declaration of Panama. From left are Presidents Anastasio
Somoza García, Nicaragua; Paul Magloire, Haiti; Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S.; Carlos Ibáñez del
Campo, Chile; José Figueres Ferrer, Costa Rica; Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Argentina; Ricardo
Arias Espinosa, Panama; Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, Brazil; Fulgencio Batista, Cuba; José
Maria Velasco Ibarra, Ecuador; Carlos Castillo Armas, Guatemala; Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Mexico;
Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguay; and Alberto Fermín Zubiría, Uruguay. (AP Photo/Byron Rollins)
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Cuban President Fulgencio Batista raises his hand in salute to more than 1,000 delegates
attending the convention of four pro-government parties in Havana, Jan. 25, 1958. Parties
formed a coalition which this week is expected to nominate the government's presidential
candidate for the June eections. On the platform, from left, are Sen. Felix Ayon, of Progressive
Action Party; Americo Portuondo, Progressive Action Party leader; Batista; Raul Menocal,
Cuba's minister of commerce; and Sen. Jose Elias Olivella of the Progressive Action Party.
(AP Photo)
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Cuban President Fulgencio Batista stands in review with his general staff after imposing the new
insignias at Camp Columbia Army headquarters in Havana, Feb. 4, 1958. From left to right:
Lt. Gen. Pedro Rodriguez Avila, new army chief; Gen. in Chief of Joint Command Francisco Tabernilla Dolz
; Batista; Adm. Jose Rodriguez Calderon, chief of the navy; and Brig. Hernando Hernandez, chief of police.
(AP Photo)
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Cuban President Fulgencio Batista and his wife, Marta look at ballots before voting at polling
place in Havana, on Nov. 3, 1958 as Cuba voted today to elect a new president and congress.
(AP Photo/ Harold Valentine)
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