Batista government forces

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military organization security apparatus

Batista government forces were the military and security apparatus loyal to Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista that fought to suppress the revolutionary movement led by Fidel Castro in the 1950s.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Batista armed forces	1
Batista’s armored train troops	1
Forces of Fulgencio Batista	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military organization ⓘ security apparatus ⓘ
accusedOf	censorship enforcement ⓘ extrajudicial killings ⓘ human rights abuses ⓘ torture ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Cuba ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cuba
capital	Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana
conflict	Cuban Revolution ⓘ
country	Cuba ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	triumph of the Cuban Revolution ⓘ
endTime	1959 ⓘ
hasPart	Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities ⓘ Cuban Air Force ⓘ Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Cuban Army Ministry of the Interior of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Cuban National Police Cuban Navy ⓘ Military Intelligence Service of Cuba ⓘ Rural Guard ⓘ
ideology	anti-communism ⓘ authoritarianism ⓘ
location	Escambray Mountains ⓘ Sierra Maestra mountains ⓘ surface form: Sierra Maestra region
loyalTo	Fulgencio Batista ⓘ
notableCommander	Francisco Tabernilla Dolz ⓘ Fulgencio Batista ⓘ Pilar García ⓘ Rafael Salas Cañizares ⓘ
opponent	26th of July Movement ⓘ Camilo Cienfuegos ⓘ Che Guevara ⓘ Fidel Castro ⓘ Revolutionary Directorate (Cuba) ⓘ Second National Front of the Escambray ⓘ
partOf	Batista dictatorship ⓘ surface form: Batista regime
replacedBy	Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Arroyo del Infierno ⓘ Battle of El Uvero ⓘ Battle of La Plata ⓘ Battle of Las Mercedes ⓘ Battle of Santa Clara ⓘ Havana uprising of 1958 ⓘ Moncada Barracks ⓘ surface form: Moncada Barracks attack
startTime	1952 ⓘ
supportedBy	Central Intelligence Agency ⓘ United States government ⓘ
usedFor	counterinsurgency ⓘ internal security ⓘ political repression ⓘ regime protection ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Santa Clara → belligerent → Batista government forces ⓘ

Cuban Revolution → belligerent → Batista government forces ⓘ

Battle of Santa Clara → combatant → Batista government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Forces of Fulgencio Batista

Battle of Santa Clara → hasParticipant → Batista government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batista’s armored train troops

Rebel Army → opposedTo → Batista government forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Batista armed forces