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Cuba / USA: The Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista with US Army Chief of Staff Malin Craig in Washington DC, 1938

Cuba / USA: The Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista with US Army Chief of Staff Malin Craig in Washington DC, 1938

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban President, dictator, and military leader closely aligned with and supported by the United States. He served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution.

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