L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?

While the Eisenhower administration had observed the utmost discretion regarding the atrocities committed by the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, it instead voiced its criticism when the new power led by President Manuel Urrutia decided to apply revolutionary justice during the first weeks...

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Main Author: Salim Lamrani
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Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2023-04-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/25654
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description While the Eisenhower administration had observed the utmost discretion regarding the atrocities committed by the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba, it instead voiced its criticism when the new power led by President Manuel Urrutia decided to apply revolutionary justice during the first weeks of 1959 against those who were guilty of “blood” crimes. Washington's position triggered the first diplomatic crisis with Havana, which recalled the White House’s support for the military regime and called into question the sincerity of these accusations. The United States’ objective was different: to discredit the new Cuban authorities.
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spellingShingle Salim Lamrani
L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?
Études Caribéennes
Fidel Castro
United States
Cuban Revolution
Revolutionary Justice
Fulgencio Batista
title L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?
title_full L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?
title_fullStr L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?
title_full_unstemmed L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?
title_short L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?
title_sort l administration eisenhower face a la justice revolutionnaire a cuba des considerations humanitaires
topic Fidel Castro
United States
Cuban Revolution
Revolutionary Justice
Fulgencio Batista
url https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/25654
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