Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba)
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The Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba) was a student-led underground resistance organization that played a key role in the armed struggle to overthrow Fulgencio Batista and helped pave the way for the Cuban Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba) canonical | 1 |
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
revolutionary organization
ⓘ
student organization ⓘ underground resistance movement ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1950s
ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form:
Havana
urban Cuba ⓘ |
| alliedWith | 26th of July Movement ⓘ |
| composition |
university students
ⓘ
urban militants ⓘ |
| conflict | Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| country | Cuba ⓘ |
| goal |
establishment of a revolutionary government in Cuba
ⓘ
overthrow of Fulgencio Batista ⓘ |
| helpedPaveWayFor | triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key urban revolutionary organization against Batista ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-Batista
ⓘ
anti-dictatorship ⓘ revolutionary nationalism ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| movementType | student-led resistance ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo
ⓘ
surface form:
Directorio Revolucionario
|
| notableEvent |
assault on Radio Reloj station
ⓘ
attack on the Presidential Palace in Havana ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | underground ⓘ |
| opposedPoliticalSystem | military dictatorship in Cuba ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Batista dictatorship
ⓘ
surface form:
Batista regime
Fulgencio Batista ⓘ |
| partOf | Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | left-wing ⓘ |
| region | Latin America ⓘ |
| roleIn | armed struggle leading to the Cuban Revolution ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | clandestine political-military group ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
armed struggle
ⓘ
clandestine operations ⓘ urban guerrilla warfare ⓘ |
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