{"id":2338,"date":"1959-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1959-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/cms\/?p=2338"},"modified":"1959-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1959-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"481151959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1959\/01\/15\/481151959\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/15\/1959"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Cuban revolution was going very strong from January 1959 on. Any Cuban who was involved or who has studied that period can tell you that the easy part was achieving power and the overthrow of the [Fulgencio] Batista dictatorship. Making the revolution after taking power was the really hard part. That was the transformation of Cuban society. They had lots of obstacles to overcome, many of them coming from the U.S. The first problems that Cuba had with the U.S. were the trials of Batista\u2019s murderers and torturers who were captured. The chief of BRAC [The Bureau for Repression of Communist Activities], by the way, got away. He went to Miami and later on continued to work for the CIA. But his deputy was captured. This man had been the principal BRAC liaison officer with the CIA offices in the U.S. Embassy in Havana. They tried him. He was convicted and sentenced to death. He was not the only one. There were lots of others. These trials were public. They were broadcast on television, held in the national sports arena, an enclosed sports palace in Havana. They were seen in the U.S. as circus show trials, and various figures in the government denounced them, including Senators who stood up and called for an end to this so-called Cuban \u2018bloodbath\u2019. This was the beginning of Cuba\u2019s problems with the U.S.\u201d [The 15th of the month used for date sorting purposes only.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Philip Agee, \u201cA Century of War and Bad Faith; Cuba History, and the CIA,\u201d Prevailing Winds Magazine, March 9, 1994, Page 26<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The Cuban revolution was going very strong from January 1959 on. Any Cuban who was involved or who has studied that period can tell you that the easy part was achieving power and the overthrow of the [Fulgencio] Batista dictatorship. Making the revolution after taking power was the really hard part. That was the transformation […]<\/p>\n

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So it happened very early on. Before 1959 was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1997,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1959\/10\/25\/5410251959\/","url_meta":{"origin":2338,"position":1},"title":"10\/25\/1959","author":"AmarkData","date":"October 25, 1959","format":false,"excerpt":"\"LATE OCTOBER 1959: President [Dwight D.] Eisenhower approves a program proposed by the Department of State, in agreement with the CIA, to support elements in Cuba opposed to the Castro government. The operations are intended to make Castro's downfall seem to be the result of his own mistakes. 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The intelligence community estimates an increase in Cuban support for other revolutionary movements\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2542,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1972\/06\/15\/3276151972\/","url_meta":{"origin":2338,"position":3},"title":"6\/15\/1972","author":"AmarkData","date":"June 15, 1972","format":false,"excerpt":"\"\u2026 [Former President Richard] Nixon also is a very good example of the boomerang effect, or the adage that what goes around, comes around. They were Cuban exiles trained by the CIA and who had worked for the CIA who were arrested burgling the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1994,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1959\/06\/11\/516111959\/","url_meta":{"origin":2338,"position":4},"title":"6\/11\/1959","author":"AmarkData","date":"June 11, 1959","format":false,"excerpt":"\"11.06.59 In the context of the enforcement of the Agrarian Reform Law enacted in May 1959, the United States threatened to reduce the Cuban sugar quota, ban U.S. private investments and cut all economic assistance, if American properties were nationalized without prompt compensation.\u201d \"Dwight D. Eisenhower (R), Timeline,\" Cuba versus\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "quotes"","block_context":{"text":"quotes","link":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/category\/quotes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2343,"url":"https:\/\/archive.amarkfoundation.org\/cubanembargo\/1994\/03\/09\/419391994\/","url_meta":{"origin":2338,"position":5},"title":"3\/9\/1994","author":"AmarkData","date":"March 9, 1994","format":false,"excerpt":"\"I want to say a few words about the CIA\u2019s long war against Cuba. 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