Batista

[ buh-tee-stuh; Spanish bah-tees-tah ]

noun

1. Ful·gen·cio [fool-, hen, -syaw], Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar, 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.

Batista

/ baˈtista /

noun

1. BatistaFulgencio19011973MCubanPOLITICS: military leaderPOLITICS: dictatorPOLITICS: head of state 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

MIAMI — Fidel Castro seized power in January 1959 after waging a guerilla war against then-dictator Fulgencio Batista.

From The Daily Beast

“I was floored,” says neurosurgeon Paulo Niemeyer, who had contacted Batista for the event.

From The Daily Beast

Batista, a onetime powerboat racer, favored fast cars and yachts.

From The Daily Beast

Batista was a frequent guest of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

From The Daily Beast

Not that Batista was conniving to play investors or that Brazilian officials groomed him to lure foreign capital.

From The Daily Beast

Batista Naldini holds the third rank among the scholars of Bronzino.

From Project Gutenberg

I would say he is a Batista, and right away they would grab him, give him a kangaroo court and shoot him.

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Batista executed them when he had them, a regular blood bath going on there.

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I don't recall any particulars, except that it was a godsend that somebody had overthrown Batista.

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I think that we all know that there were injustices committed under the Batista administration.

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