Sergeants' Revolt

Sergeants' Revolt
DateSeptember 1933
LocationHavana
Result victorious coup
Commanders and leaders
Fulgencio Batista

The Sergeants' Revolt, also called the Cuban Revolution of 1933, was a coup d'etat that occurred in Cuba in September 1933. The coup deposed Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada as president and made the leader of the coup, Sergeant Fulgencio Batista, the de facto leader of the country. Batista set up a new government led by a five-man coalition, known as the Pentarchy of 1933. Only five days later, Batista and the Directorio Estudiantil Universitario promoted Ramón Grau, one of the members of the coalition, to the role of president, replacing the Pentarchy.[1]

Background

The authoritarian policies of Gerardo Machado and the Great Depression in 1929 plunged Cuba into one of the worst economic and social crises it had ever experienced. Pressure and demonstrations by students and workers forced Machado to resign.[2] Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada remained as provisional president, until he also had to resign on September 4, 1933, when Fulgencio Batista led the Sergeants' Revolt and took control of the country.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staten, Clifford L. (2015). The History of Cuba (2nd ed.). ABC-CLIO. pp. 66–71. ISBN 9781610698429.
  2. ↑ "Directorio Estudiantil Universitario de 1927" [University Student Directory of 1927]. Directorio Democrático Cubano (in Spanish). Hialeah, Florida. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
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