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Per Wikipedia: Batista suspended the 1940 Constitution and revoked most political liberties, including the right to strike. #TheResistance
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Batista aligned with the wealthiest landowners who owned the largest sugar plantations, & presided over a stagnating economy that widened the gap between rich and poor Cubans. Eventually it reached the point where most of the sugar industry was in U.S. hands. #TheResistance /2

The American Mafia controlled the drug, gambling, and prostitution businesses in Havana, and with large U.S.-based multinational companies who were awarded lucrative contracts.
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As discontent grew amongst the populace, frequent student riots & demonstrations—Batista established tighter censorship of the media, used his Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities secret police to carry out wide-scale violence.. #TheResistance #GeeksResist
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& then Batista began to torture & carry out public executions; ultimately killing anywhere from hundreds to 20,000 people. #TheResistance #GeeksResist End
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