Batista's Escape
Time: Wednesday Dec 31, 1958
Place: Cuba
Details: Fearing Castro was a socialist, the U.S. instructed Cantillo to oust Batista. By this time the great majority of Cuban people had turned against the Batista regime. Ambassador to Cuba, E. T. Smith, who felt the whole CIA mission had become too close to the MR-26-7 movement, personally went to Batista and informed him that the US no longer would support him and felt he no longer could control the situation in Cuba. General Cantillo secretly agreed to a ceasefire with Castro, promising that Batista would be tried as a war criminal; however, Batista was warned, and fled into exile with over US$300,000,000 on 31 December 1958.
‹ Earlier in historyBatista Resigned and Fled into ExileWednesday Dec 31, 1958 Later in history ›The President of The Congress1958
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