CUBAN COMMUNISTS AND STRUGGLES FOR POWER IN THE 50s

Authors

  • Caridad Massón Sena Investigadora titular del Instituto Cubano de Investigación Cultural Juan Marinello de La Habana, Cuba.

Keywords:

Political power. Nationalism. Communism. Armed struggle.

Abstract

The Cuban Popular Socialist Party (communist) in the early 1950s adopted a policy of democratic front and open elections, supporting the Partido del Pueblo Cubano (Orthodox), a nationalist party with ample sympathies. However, in March 1952, a representative of the oligarchy, Fulgencio Batista, conducted a military coup and the situation changed. The following year, a group of young people led by Fidel Castro begin the armed struggle. The PSP did not understand this polical line and criticized it. This paper tries to explain the party's stance with respect to the political power at this period and the reasons why it could not lead the 50s revolution.

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Published

2014-01-27

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Massón Sena, C. (2014). CUBAN COMMUNISTS AND STRUGGLES FOR POWER IN THE 50s. Journal of Resarch Studies on the Americas, 7(2), 237–256. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/repam/article/view/20229

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2013)

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