Cuba, 1947 — dissident coup conspiracy
Event Summary
The dataset records an event coded as a dissident coup conspiracy in Cuba on 21 September 1947, during the turbulent and gangster-ridden second presidency of Ramon Grau San Martin of the Autentico party. Grau had filled Cuba's police and security forces with members of armed action groups as a reward for their help in his campaign, producing a period of endemic political violence and score-settling among rival factions such as the Movimiento Socialista Revolucionario and the Union Insurreccional Revolucionaria. The same month saw the deadly Orfila shootout in Marianao on 15 September 1947 between rival police-linked gangs, and the collapse of the Cayo Confites expedition, a Cuban-backed plot by Dominican exiles and Cuban action-group figures to invade the Dominican Republic and overthrow Trujillo, which the army chief of staff suppressed in late September 1947.
Contemporary sources also record that the US may have been aware of a plot to overthrow Grau in 1947. No single unambiguous anti-Grau coup plot on this exact date is documented, but the period was one of extreme instability. Grau completed his term and handed power to Carlos Prio Socarras in 1948.
Researched Details
Researched
Independent research, added record by record. Hover any label for what it means.
Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
04009211947
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: President Ramon Grau San Martin governed amid endemic instability and completed his term, handing power to Carlos Prio in 1948.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
New York Times
Chicago Tribune
This is the citation trail carried by the baseline dataset, grouped by outlet and rejoined from the line-wrapped original. Coup Atlas has not independently re-checked every document; read the original before citing a specific claim. URLs the import damaged beyond safe repair are shown as plain text and listed in citations-report.md. How this list is built →