Ramon Grau Research Paper

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Ramón Grau was selected as president after the incidents, and he strongly opposes American interference in Cuban affairs, this result the US action of not giving recognition to his government. This lost him credibility within Cuba. In early January of 1934 Fulgencio Batista, as the head of the Cuban army dismissed Grau and appointed Carlos Mendieta to take his place, however, he still had the real control of Cuba. A few days later the U.S. government gave formal recognition to Mendieta's government.And the US grants Cuba control over its internal affairs and negotiates quotas and tariffs in Cuba's favor in 1934, in which the Platt Amendment finally became ineffective.
Cuban dictator Fidel Castro was born near Birán, Cuba, in 1926. In the beginning

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