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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| 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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| spelling | doaj.art-96b5f6c9f3d0470b871171dfff04e7dc2024-02-13T13:13:35ZengUniversité des AntillesÉtudes Caribéennes1779-09801961-859X5410.4000/etudescaribeennes.25654L’administration Eisenhower face à la justice révolutionnaire à Cuba : des considérations « humanitaires » ?Salim LamraniWhile 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.https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/25654Fidel CastroUnited StatesCuban RevolutionRevolutionary JusticeFulgencio Batista |
| 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 |
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