A 1933 revolt headed by non-commissioned army officers, including Fulgencio Batista, which triggered the Revolution of 1933. Upset by proposals for pay reductions for the lower echelons of the army and restrictions on promotion, plus the desire to receive immunity for their crimes as participants in the terror of the Machadato, they arranged to meet members of the Directorio Estudiantil Universitario on September 4, but by the time the students arrived, the sergeants were in command and had arrested many army officers. Batista and the Directorio agreed to overthrow President Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada. A five-man civilian executive, the Pentarchy, was formed to head a provisional government. The Sergeants’ Revolt signaled the army’s entry as a force in the government, in which Batista emerged as a self-appointed chief of the armed forces, and the uniting, temporarily, of students and the military to govern Cuba.
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This is an important moment in Cuba’s Republican History. El relato es demasiado succincto, y clama por mas detalles. El lector queda deseoso de conocer mas de lo acontecido.
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