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Eduardo Chibas
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This comprehensive biography of Eduardo Rene Chibas (1907-1951) traces the life and times of an idol of Cuba's youth during the late 1940s and early 1950s. A man whose unconditional supporters included Fidel Castro, Chibas built his political career in large measure as a defender of Cuba's 1940 constitution, which he had helped craft. In contrast to many of his political competitors, Chibas used charismatic leadership to build support for democratic institutions, the rule of law, and honesty in politics. While Cuba's new constitution was one of the most progressive in the western hemisphere, few citizens knew of its particulars until Chibas took to reading portions of it during his radio program-which garnered up to 500,000 listeners each Sunday evening. His suicide in 1951 precipitated Fulgencio Batista's coup the following year, Fidel Castro's Moncada attack in 1953, and ultimately the Cuban Revolution. This seminal work explores Chibas's life in order to explain the nature of Cuban politics from the mid-twentieth century to today.
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