Batista

[buh-tee-stuh, bah-tees-tah]

noun

1. Fulgencio Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar, 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.

Batista

/ baˈtista /

noun

1. Fulgencio (fulˈxenθjo), full name Batista y Zaldívar . 1901–73, Cuban military leader and dictator: president of Cuba (1940–44, 1952–59); overthrown by Fidel Castro

Example Sentences

Less than four years before, in November 1956, Castro and a force of eighty-one rebels had sailed from Mexico to Cuba, determined to retake their homeland from a corrupt dictator, Fulgencio Batista.

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Batista’s soldiers sped to the scene, and the ensuing firefight reduced Castro’s force to twenty-one.

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Batista helped it all happen, while pocketing millions.

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In quick guerrilla strikes, they hit Batista’s forces, then slipped back into the mountains.

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Standouts in the large supporting cast included soprano Ellie Dehn as Joe’s mother and Amanda Batista as Helen, a perky radio actress.

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