HIST 381 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fidel Castro, Price Controls, Trujillo, Peru
29 Apr 2016
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90% cuba infrastructure owned by u. s political parties were more like gangs majority party would rig election, minority would destroy property, majority party would bring in u. s marines to resolve issues, U. s first liked this but then got tired. Ramon grau san martin- university professor, 100 days, gets rid of platt. Amendment, gives women right to vote, dissolves political party, Second highest income per capita in latin america. Cuba used u. s as frame of reference for wealth. Exports unstable, dependent of u. s import of sugar. Labor force- only worked 3 months a year. Batista comes back- but has no solution either. 26th of july movement, year after batistas second tiem in power suicide attack, failed. History will absolve me speech for trial, moderate, mentions us declaration spread around cuba goes to mexico. 26th of july movement- army barrax, arrested, history will absolve me . In guatamela when cia stages coup, then in mexico, mets castro.
