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US Diplomacy and the Downfall of a Cuban Dictator: Machado in 1933

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2002

PHILIP DUR  and
CHRISTOPHER GILCREASE
PHILIP DUR
Affiliation:
Philip Dur is Jefferson Caffery Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette. Christopher Gilcrease is Instructor of Library Science in the Edith Garland Dupré Library at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette.
CHRISTOPHER GILCREASE
Affiliation:
Philip Dur is Jefferson Caffery Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette. Christopher Gilcrease is Instructor of Library Science in the Edith Garland Dupré Library at the University of Louisiana–Lafayette.
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Abstract

In 1933 the US ambassador to Cuba, Sumner Welles, overthrew President Machado, Cuba's first dictator, with the threat, but not the use, of US force. This diplomatic achievement was unprecedented in Cuban history. Under cover of mediation Welles had encouraged disaffection among politicians and army officers. Machado then succumbed to a popular uprising brought on by a decade of depression and oppression. The insubordination of the officers, however, soon led to a mutiny of the soldiers, whose leader, Fulgencio Batista, eventually seized the presidency and was recognised by the United States.

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Research Article
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Journal of Latin American Studies , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , May 2002 , pp. 255 - 282
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© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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