Directorio Estudiantil Universitario

The Directorio Estudiante Universitario (DEU) was founded in 1927 by University of Havana students against the back drop of a power grab by President Gerardo Machado consisting of constitutional reforms designed to prolong his presidential term by two years, and to promote his reelection to an additional term of six years. In the period between pushing for these reforms and their adoption by the corrupt Constitutional Assembly a strong opposition composed chiefly of university students formed against this "Machadato" (sp. "Machado" + mandato (mandate)) [1]

The DEU held various protests against Machado’s regime and was at the political forefront of the One Hundred Days Government led by Ramon Grau.

Prominent members

Carlos Prio Socarras, Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Salvador Vilaseca Forne, Jose Lezama Lima, Justo Carrillo, Guillermo Barrientos Schweyer, Pepelin Leyva, Juan Marinello, Aureliano Sanchez Arango, Raul Roa Garcia, Antonio Diaz Baldaquin, Eduardo Chibas, and Rafael Trejo Gonzalez [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Directorio Estudiantil Universitario de 1927" [University Student Directory of 1927]. Directorio Democrático Cubano. Hialeah: Directorio Democrático Cubano. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-19.

See also

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