In Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption, and Resistance, 1959-1971, historian Lillian Guerra chronicles how "the grand narrative of the Revolution," shaped by Fidel Castro, began with 1959 media coverage of the executions of "agents, police chiefs and military officials" loyal to the exiled dictator, Fulgencio Batista.
The media gave legitimacy to kangaroo courts, "and their (mostly) fatal conclusions," writes Guerra. As Castro solidified power, the Revolution muzzled the press, making it subservient to the Communist Party.
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