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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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    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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    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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