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    Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed...
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  • Francisco Prío Socarrás (29 March 1901 in Cuba – February 21, 1988 in Miami, Florida USA) was a Cuban attorney and politician. Dr. Prío Socarrás was senator...
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    certain electoral defeat, he led a military coup against President Carlos Prío Socarrás that pre-empted the election. Back in power and receiving financial...
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  • Socarras or Socarrás is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alberto Socarras (1908-1987), Cuban-American flautist Carlos Prío Socarrás...
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  • of finance during the presidency of his brother Cuban President, Carlos Prío Socarrás. In 1950, he ran for Mayor of Havana but lost to the incumbent, Nicolás...
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  • of Representatives (1948–1952) and the sister of Cuban President, Carlos Prío Socarrás. She was married to Dr. Enrique C. Henriquez Lauranzon. She is buried...
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    creation of Israel. After turning over the presidency to his protégé, Carlos Prío, in 1948, Grau virtually withdrew from public life. He emerged again...
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    States, but remained head of the Cuban army. As the presidency of Carlos Prío Socarrás came to a close, he became highly criticized for corruption, making...
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    place. He was an extremely strong critic of that election's winner, Carlos Prío Socarrás. He was considered a favorite in the 1952 presidential election,...
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  • Carlos Prío Socarrás Eduardo Chibás Nicolás Castellanos Manuel Antonio de Varona Aureliano Sánchez Arango Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Quesada Carlos Hevia...
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    General elections were held in Cuba on 1 June 1948. Carlos Prío Socarrás won the presidential election running under the Auténtico-Republican Alliance...
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    early 2024. In 2015, she married Carlos Prío Odio in Coral Gables, Florida. Prío's grandfather, Carlos Prío Socarrás, was the president of Cuba from 1948...
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    Fischetti brothers. In 1952, Lansky offered then-President of Cuba Carlos Prío Socarrás a bribe of US$250,000 to step down, so Batista could return to power...
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    political leaders, including Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Cesar Chavez, Carlos Prío Socarrás, and Fidel Castro. This is often interpreted as a sign of the wearer's...
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    Academy Award winner as the star of Anupamaa; in Calcutta Died: Carlos Prío Socarrás, 73, President of Cuba 1948 to 1952 until his overthrow by Fulgencio...
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    Party. The order to build the palace was given by then-President Carlos Prío Socarrás in 1943. It was to be the seat of the Supreme Court and the Attorney...
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    First Lady of Cuba, wife of Carlos Prío Socarrás Francisco Prío Socarrás – former Senator of Cuba Maria Regla Prío Socarrás – former Representative of...
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    1929) April 2 – John Whitaker, British gymnast (b. 1886) April 5 – Carlos Prío Socarrás, 11th President of Cuba (b. 1903) April 7 – Karl Ritter, German film...
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  • Ramón Grau, President (1944–1948) Carlos Prío Socarrás, President (1948–1952) Prime ministers (complete list) – Carlos Saladrigas Zayas, Prime minister...
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  • descend upon the city. Grau's presidency was followed by that of Carlos Prío Socarrás, whose government was tainted by increasing corruption and violent...
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    Félix Lancís Sánchez (1944–1945) Carlos Prío Socarrás (1945–1947) Raúl López del Castillo (1947–1948) 10 Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903–1977) 10 October 1948 10...
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    been raised in the US state of Florida by former President of Cuba Carlos Prío Socarrás and Teresa Casuso Morín. Soon after midnight on November 25, 1956...
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  • National Bank of Cuba for two years at the behest of Cuban President Carlos Prío Socarrás. After Fulgencio Batista took power in Cuba through a military coup...
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    which was instead won by his Partido Auténtico's new candidate, Carlos Prío Socarrás. Prío faced widespread protests when members of the MSR, now allied...
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    flawed, though not entirely ineffectual, Congress and Supreme Court. Carlos Prío Socarrás, a protégé of Grau, became president in 1948. Before presidential...
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  • with the Democratic Party, but lost to the Auténtico-Republican's Carlos Prío Socarrás. The party also finished second in the parliamentary elections. An...
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    1950 mid-term elections. The Auténticos government under President Carlos Prío Socarrás banned the party's daily newspaper, Hoy, in 1950. Following Fulgencio...
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    public life under the administrations of Presidents Ramón Grau and Carlos Prío Socarrás. Prío was reported to have stolen over $90 million in public funds,...
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    supporters of Carlos Prío Socarrás in Oriente Province in 1955; however, weapons Trujillo sent were soon inherited by Fidel Castro's insurgents when Prío allied...
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    flawed, though not entirely ineffectual, Congress and Supreme Court. Carlos Prío Socarrás, a protégé of Grau, became president in 1948. The two terms of the...
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