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Student riots in Cuba follow pattern that overthrew Machado
HAVANA, Dec. 9, 1955 (UP) - Two weeks of bloody student uprisings appeared Friday to follow the pattern of the student riots that deposed Cuban Dictator Gerardo Machado 22 years ago.Since the disorders against President Fulgencio Batista first flared Nov. 27, more than 300 students have been arrested and over 100 persons injured.
Cuba rebels, army battle for key city
HAVANA, Dec. 30, 1958 (UPI) - A life or death struggle for the central Cuban city of Santa Clara raged today. Informed sources here said the rebels still were unable to crack government defense lines after four days of bitter fighting.Wild rumors circulated in Havana, but Cuban army sources said the rebels had barely been able to penetrate the outskirts of Santa Clara, key communications center and the capital of the province of Las Villas at Cuba's narrow waist.
Rebels fight for Santa Clara, threaten to cut Cuba in two
HAVANA, Jan. 1, 1959 (UPI) - Fidel Castro's rebels today claimed new gains in the heavy battle for the key city of Santa Clara. They said the government building was in their hands.Santa Clara, in central Cuba, is the capital of the province with the same name. If it falls, the rebels will have cut Cuba in half.
Rebels begin moving into Havana
HAVANA, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - Fidel Castro, the 32-year-old rebel who led a successful revolt against Cuban President Fulgencio Batista, was ready to make a triumphal entry into Havana.The Cuban armed forces today pledged their allegiance to Castro.
Batista says troops not properly trained
CIUDAD TRUJILLO, Dominican Republic, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) -- Ousted Cuban President Fulgencio Batista blames his defeat on the fact his troops were not trained for guerrilla warfare.Batista flew here with high government leaders and members of his family early yesterday and checked into the luxurious Ambassador Hotel.
Castro won power in two years
HAVANA, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - At 32, Fidel Castro has established himself as one of the great political adventurers of modern times.
Batista's son says decision to flee made suddenly
By FULGENCIO RUBEN BATISTA, as told to UPI
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - The decision of my father to leave Cuba came suddenly.
Cuban says spy helped Castro
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 1959 (UPI) - The official representative of Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro revealed Friday that an Army sergeant in the Cuban embassy here had acted as an undercover agent for the rebels for the past two years.Ernesto Betancourt, Castro's registered agent, said that Cuban Army Sgt. Angel Saavedra slipped to the rebels confidential information about the military strength of the Batista regime from his post in the office of the military attach
Urrutia is anti-communist, pro-U.S.
By United Press International
HAVANA, Jan. 3, 1959 (UPI)Manuel Urrutia Lleo, 58-year-old provisional president of Cuba, is strongly anti-Communist and pro-American.
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