top | item 27859005 (no title) qshaman | 4 years ago > The US backed a coup that put Fulgencio Batista in power Source? Not even Cuban propaganda have said that ever, read a little bit of history. discuss order hn newest mullingitover|4 years ago Given the US track record with coups in Latin America[1] in the 18th and 19th century, I would place the burden of proof on anyone claiming that a Latin American coup was not US-backed.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... qshaman|4 years ago That's not how it works, before Batista's coup, the president was Prios Socarras, that had no beef with the US, I would say the opposite. Batista's coup, was an inside job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista#Military_cou... load replies (1)
mullingitover|4 years ago Given the US track record with coups in Latin America[1] in the 18th and 19th century, I would place the burden of proof on anyone claiming that a Latin American coup was not US-backed.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r... qshaman|4 years ago That's not how it works, before Batista's coup, the president was Prios Socarras, that had no beef with the US, I would say the opposite. Batista's coup, was an inside job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista#Military_cou... load replies (1)
qshaman|4 years ago That's not how it works, before Batista's coup, the president was Prios Socarras, that had no beef with the US, I would say the opposite. Batista's coup, was an inside job. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgencio_Batista#Military_cou... load replies (1)
mullingitover|4 years ago
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_r...
qshaman|4 years ago