| abecedario | member of the ABC organisation in Cuba.
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| antillano | inhabitant of the Caribbean islands.
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| aparato | apparatus.
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| Aprista | supporter of Victor Haya de la Torre's 'Second Revolution' thesis and member of his Latin American APRA movement.
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| Auténtico | supporter of the Partido Revolucionario Cubano (Auténtico) led by Ramón Grau San Martín.
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| caudillo | political leader who rules through a combination of armed might and personalised control.
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| central | large sugar producing complex which includes not only mills but also cane fields and living areas for workers.
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| Chibasismo | anti-corruption political movement led by Eduardo Chibás.
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| colono | sugar cane planter who sold his cane to large sugar mills.
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| combatiente | participant in the 1956-58 insurrection against the regime of Fulgencio Batista in both the urban and rural fields of operation.
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| continuismo | self-perpetuation of the Batista regime in the 1940s.
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| cooperativismo | spirit of co-operation between pro-capitalist political parties in the late 1920s around President Gerardo Machado.
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| Fidelista | political supporter of Fidel Castro.
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| foco | area in which a small group of armed revolutionaries operates.
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| guantanameño | from/of the city of Guantánamo.
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| Guiterismo | militant anti-imperialist ideology which advocated armed struggle and the imposition of a popular dictatorship in the 1930s. It underpinned the activity of the Joven Cuba organisation led by Antonio Guiteras.
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| Guiterista | political supporter of Antonio Guiteras and Joven Cuba.
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| habanero | from/of the city of Havana.
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| independentismo | spirit of winning political independence from Spain.
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| indigenismo | indigenism, pro-Indian political movement.
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| junta | assembly/council.
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| la patria | the independent homeland.
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| latifundista | person who benefited from and supported the rural system of production based on large landed estates.
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| llano | urban underground movement supporting the Rebel Army.
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| Machadista | supporter of the regime of President Gerardo Machado in the late 1920s and early 30s.
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| mambisa | liberator or guerrilla fighter during the Ten Years' War of 1868-78.
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| matancero | from/of the city of Matanzas.
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| mujalista | supporter of the corrupt state-sponsored trade unionism led by Eusebio Mujal in the 1950s.
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| oriental | from/of the province of Oriente.
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| ortodoxia | the political movement founded by Eduardo Chibás which stood out against Auténtico corruption and for a return to a moderate nationalist programme.
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| pesepista | member of the PSP, the Popular Socialist Party, in Cuba.
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| pistolero | hoodlum/gangster.
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| santiaguero | from/of the city of Santiago de Cuba.
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| sierra | rebel movement in the countryside led by Fidel Castro.
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| zafra | sugar cane harvest.
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