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    Manuel Urrutia Lleó (December 8, 1901 – 5 July 1981) was a liberal Cuban lawyer and politician. He campaigned against the Gerardo Machado government and...
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    victory march. His initial choice of president, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, took office on 3 January. Manuel Urrutia Lleó (8 December 1901 – 5 July 1981) was a liberal...
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  • Spanish Cuba, was met with opposition from Castro, who believed that Manuel Urrutia should be appointed. He was married to María Luisa Martínez Díaz and...
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    supplanted the Constitution of 1940. After the resignation of President Manuel Urrutia, Dorticós was appointed President of Cuba by the Council of Ministers...
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  • engineer and politician Manuel Urrutia Lleó, 20th President of Cuba María Isabel Urrutia, Colombian athlete and politician Matilde Urrutia, wife of Pablo Neruda...
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    into motion the Cuban Revolution and installing a government led by Manuel Urrutia Lleó. The Movement fought the Batista regime on both rural and urban...
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    politically moderate lawyer Manuel Urrutia Lleó was proclaimed provisional president but Castro announced (falsely) that Urrutia had been selected by "popular...
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    some six weeks in early 1959, following his appointment by President Manuel Urrutia on 5 January 1959. On 13 February 1959, Miró unexpectedly resigned and...
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    masse to the revolution, the newly installed revolutionary president Manuel Urrutia appointed Cienfuegos as commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Armed...
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  • Guevara's and Camilo Cienfuegos' troops arrive on Havana. 1959 January 5 Manuel Urrutia is named President of Cuba. 1959 January 9 Fidel arrives in Havana....
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  • ordered Cantillo's arrest, before establishing a new government with Manuel Urrutia Lleó as governor and José Miró Cardona as prime minister, ensuring that...
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    January after a long victory march. His initial choice of president, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, took office on 3 January. Castro learned of Batista's flight in...
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    (Right to left) rebel leader Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban President Manuel Urrutia Lleó, and Guevara (January 1959)...
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    Shortly after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, newly elected Cuban President Manuel Urrutia Lleó, a devout Christian, began a program of closing gambling outlets...
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    Took office Left office Time in office Presidents of the Republic 11 Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901–1981) 3 January 1959 18 July 1959 196 days Independent José...
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    setting up a command post in the Hilton. The new Cuban president, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, took steps to close the casinos. In October 1960, Castro nationalized...
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    Spanish Cuba, was met with opposition from Castro, who believed that Manuel Urrutia should be appointed. After the Cuban Revolution, he was tried by the...
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    Constitution), the position of Prime Minister was restored. On 21 December 2019, Manuel Marrero Cruz was appointed as the new Prime Minister. Captaincy General...
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    000,000. The presidency fell to Castro's chosen candidate, the lawyer Manuel Urrutia Lleó, while members of the MR-26-7 took control of most positions in...
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    Castro's forces entered the capital on 8 January 1959. The liberal Manuel Urrutia Lleó became the provisional president. According to Amnesty International...
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    Defense of the first cabinet of the revolutionary government chaired by Manuel Urrutia, according to a decree of January 10, 1959, but always under the direct...
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  • of agriculture, under prime minister José Miró Cardona and president Manuel Urrutia Lleó. Sorí Marín was the chief judge in the 1959 war crimes trials of...
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  • Manuel Rolando Iturra Urrutia (Latin American Spanish: [ma'nwel i'tura]; born 23 June 1984) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as...
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    would not assume office until February 16, 1959, as Prime Minister. Manuel Urrutia Lleó was sworn in as President two days after the end of the Cuban Revolution...
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  • 2 January Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos arrive in Havana. 5 January Manuel Urrutia named President of Cuba 8 January Fidel Castro arrives at Havana, speaks...
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    Juan Manuel Fangio (Spanish: [ˈxwan maˈnwel ˈfaŋxjo], Italian: [ˈfandʒo]; 24 June 1911 – 17 July 1995), was an Argentine racing driver. Nicknamed El Chueco...
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  • deputy and Sectetary of Education Manuel Piñeiro, first head of the Cuban General Intelligence Directorate Manuel Urrutia Lleó, provisional Cuban President...
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  • doi:10.1037/0278-7393.31.5.1149. PMID 16248757.[dead link] De Vega, Manuel; Urrutia, Mabel; Riffo, Bernardo (2007). "Canceling updating in the comprehension...
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    was urged to end arms sales to Batista by Cuban president-in-waiting Manuel Urrutia Lleó. Washington made the critical move in March 1958 to end sales of...
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    upon becoming President of Cuba after the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Manuel Urrutia ordered the closing of many bars and gambling halls associated with...
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