Castro's Consolidation of Power Flashcards
Batista fled Cuba in
1958
Army attempted to establish US supported
junta
CIA Coup
Guatemala in 1954, at behest of US corporations.
Jan 1959, John Foster Dulles
“provisional government free from communist taint.”
Nixon met Castro in
1959
US trade embargo
1959-1960
Bay of Pigs Invasion
17 April 1971
May 1971
Cuban Revolutionists announced that they were socialist.
PSP
Popular Socialist Party
Nov 1959
Removing anti-communists from power
Antonio Núñez Jiménez, head of INRA
The National Institute of Agrarian Reform
ORI
1961 - 26 of July Movement, DR, and PSP merged to create Integrated Revolutionary Organisations.
PCC
1965- Communist Party of Cuba
Jan 1959
Provisional government.
Manuel Urrutia Lleó
President of pg
José Miró Cardona
Prime minister of pf
Rebels in party
3 - one from the M-26-7
Leader of armed forces
Castro
ORPC
Office of the Revolutionary Plans and Coordination
Feb 1959
Miró resigned and Castro made prime minister. Power with ORPC
April 1959
Urrutia closed casinos and brothels. Riots with urban worlers.
INRA and ORPC
INRA absorbed the ORPC, becoming Cuba’s real government and superseding Urrutia’s government.
Pedro Díaz Lanz
Chief of Revolutionary Air Force resigned in Jan 1960, for too much communism.
Urrutia vs Castro
Power struggle after Lanz, Castro resigned PM, in protest againt Urrutia (who was planning treason).
July 1960
Urrutia resigned.
Osvaldo Dorticós
Urrutia replacement, more amenable to Castro’s decisions. Remained President until 1976.
Dec 1976,
Castro replaced Doritcós naming him President of Cuba
Dec 1960
Fidel Castro was ‘supreme leader’
Laws
Political parties banned
News and radio censored.
All judicial, legislative and executive power was in hands of Castro.
April 1959
Castro suspending election.
1963 ORI to PURS
United Party of the Socialist Revolution.
1972
Castro’s unlimited power reduced, his roles shared among members of newly enlarged Cuban cabinet.
