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Batista's government - Coggle Diagram
Batista's government
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Violence
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murdered 20,000 people in seven years 1952-59
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Impact on the poor
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people's livelihoods were dependent on successful harvests, a bad harvest meant fewer jobs and lower wages
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Relationship with the US
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large American corporations grew rich off Cuban's resources (sugar, cane, tabacco) -> people in Cuba were very pure
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negotiated profitable relationships with American mafia (drug, gambling, prostitution)
large multinational American companies invested in Cuba -> US used this to dominate and control the island's economy
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1959 - financial, military, logistical support
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50 million 1896, 160 mil 1906, 205 mil 1911, 1.2 bill 1923
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