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Antonio Guiteras

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revolutionary. He believed that the liberation of the people would be achieved through violent confrontation with the established authorities; he did not hold firm to the ideal of democracy. Antonio Guiteras was named Minister of the Interior under President Dr.
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roots, advocated rural and urban armed struggle, assaults on army barracks and the assassination of policemen and members of the government. He was a firm believer in
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Guiteras's political beliefs were nurtured in the volatile political climate of the 1920s. He first became widely known as a student leader and associate of
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and participated in the radical government installed after the overthrow of the
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Guiteras's views reflected an eclectic mix of revolutionary influences, from
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Revolution and Anti-imperialism in Antonio Guiteras
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Index


Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Matanzas
Cuba
socialism
Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
socialism
autocratic
right wing
Gerardo Machado y Morales
Unión Revolucionaria
Julio Antonio Mella
Communist
Ramón Grau San Martín
government of 100 days
Joven Cuba
proletarian
anti-capitalism
José Martí
Richard Gott
Auguste Blanqui
Jean Jacques Jaurès
Mexican
Russian
struggle in Ireland
Sandino
Nicaragua
anti-imperialist
anarchist
direct action

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