Talk:1958 Cuban general election

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One or four candidates?

At the beginning, it is said "Due to Fidel Castro's threat to jail and execute any candidate who participated in the election, Batista-supported Andrés Rivero Agüero was the sole candidate"; however, all of the article talks about 4 candidates.--MiguelMadeira (talk) 03:41, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@MiguelMadeira: The original version of the article had it down as a one-candidate election based on the Dieter Nohlen book. However, an IP added the text about four candidates here and then Sfs90 changed the results table this edit to include four candidates. It seems neither noticed the contradictory text above. Number 5 7 11:57, 1 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The people's vote

The world pretends the election of Nov. 1958 is not valid? Aguero was elected by the people, Fidel overthrew a duly elected government!? https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00001565/00879 Opinions? ovA_165443 (talk) 15:56, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Where does it say the election was not valid? The article says he was elected president but was unable to take office due to the revolution. Number 5 7 16:21, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Fidel overthrew a duly elected government!?" ovA_165443 (talk) 17:05, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

And your point is? Number 5 7 17:16, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My point is that that Fidel promised the People the 1940 Constitution, overthrew a duly elected government

which is exactly what Fulgencio Batista had done 8 years earlier.[1]ovA_165443 (talk) 14:40, 31 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Background section

The Background section currently contains only a single sentence claiming that the rebels threatened to kill anyone who voted in the election. The source for this is the "Total War Against Tyranny Manifesto" of March 12, 1958, the link is paywalled, but I found a copy of it elsewhere ^[1] (the manifesto is Appendix D). It does not threaten to kill voters, or even mention the election. I would suggest removing this sentence and revising the section to simply provide a brief cursory overview of the conditions in Cuba at the time. If there are no objections I will do so in a few days. Cchu12 (talk) 23:51, 28 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5785&context=etd

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[1] ttps://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5785&context=etd

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