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| Mendieta y Montefur, Carlos |
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(kär´l s m ndy ´tä m nt f r´) (KEY) , 18731960, Cuban political leader. He was one of the chief opponents of Gerardo Machado. Mendieta, installed as provisional president (1934) by a coup led by Fulgencio Batista, was unable to establish political stability and therefore resigned (1935). |
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