PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE CUBA (P.C.C.)
Title first used by the Cuban Communist movement (hitherto the Union Revolucionaria Comunista) from 1933. This PCC backed the 1935 general strikes in Havana. In 1938 Batista negotiated a coalition whereby the party joined in forming the Coalición Socialista Democrática to support him in the election of 1940. The rewards were legalization of the party and considerable influence on Batista’s first …