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fulgencio batista y zaldivar

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Ba⋅tis⋅ta

[buh-tee-stuh; Sp. bah-tees-tah]
–noun
Ful⋅gen⋅cio [fool-hen-syaw] , (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar), 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
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Ba·tis·ta y Zal·dí·var   (bə-tēs'tə ē zäl-dē'vär', bä-tē'stä)   
Cuban dictator (1933-1940) and president (1940-1944 and 1954-1958). His corrupt authoritarian regime was overthrown on New Year's Day, 1959, by a revolutionary movement led by Fidel Castro.
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