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BACKGROUND TO CUBA (CUBAN INDEPENDENCE (1902 Republic of Cuba declared…

- - - - PLATT AMENDMENT
        
        US ket the right to intervene in Cuba's finances and foreign relations
        
        aimed at preventing the influence from 3rd party countries
        
        guaranteed US control of Cuban affairs
        
        used to intervene in internal affairs and protect the US economic interest
- - - - development of service and utility industries relied on US investment
        
        Cuban economy tied directly to the US
        
        if sugar imports decreased the economy of Cuba would be seriously affected
  - - - 50% in some places
    - - months were there was no sugar they didn't have steady employment
      - ownership of sugar mills was largely concentrated in the hands of the upper class and foreign companies
- - - - could only enact measures approved by Batista and the USA
    - - Batista used the army to crush and kill opponents
      - Guiteras formed the Joven Cuba which became an urban Guerrilla movement
        
        called general strikes in 1934-35
        
        strike leaders arrested and unions banned
        
        severity of military repression soon ended political protest
        
        Guiteras was later shot dead by soldiers
        
        executed by firing squads