CUBA: Elections Postponed

A few months after he had seized power last spring, Cuba's Dictator Fulgencio Batista magnanimously proclaimed that "free and fair elections" for the presidency would be held in November 1953. Last week the strong man changed his mind. His government announced that no elections will be held till June 1954, when a new congress will be chosen. The Congressmen will then decide when Cubans may vote on the presidency.

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