Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities
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The Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities (Buró de Represión de Actividades Comunistas, or BRAC) was the secret police
agency that Fulgencio Batista
maintained in the 1950s, which gained a reputation for brutality in its fight against pro-Castro
rebels.
The bureau was headed by Mariano Faget, who had first gained fame as a Nazi hunter during Batista's first turn at power, from 1940 to 1944, when he was chief of Cuba
's Office of Investigation of Enemy Activities (OIEA), a counter-espionage
unit that targeted Nazi and Fascist agents.
Development of BRAC was aided and encouraged by the CIA starting in 1956 (see CIA activities in Cuba#Cuba 1956).
Secret police
Secret police are a police agency which operates in secrecy and beyond the law to protect the political power of an individual dictator or an authoritarian political regime....
agency that Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....
maintained in the 1950s, which gained a reputation for brutality in its fight against pro-Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
rebels.
The bureau was headed by Mariano Faget, who had first gained fame as a Nazi hunter during Batista's first turn at power, from 1940 to 1944, when he was chief of Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
's Office of Investigation of Enemy Activities (OIEA), a counter-espionage
Counter-Espionage
-Cast:* Warren William as Michael Lanyard* Eric Blore as Jamison* Hillary Brooke as Pamela Hart* Thurston Hall as Insp. Crane* Fred Kelsey as Detective Wesley Dickens* Forrest Tucker as Anton Schugg* Matthew Boulton as Inspector J...
unit that targeted Nazi and Fascist agents.
Development of BRAC was aided and encouraged by the CIA starting in 1956 (see CIA activities in Cuba#Cuba 1956).
External links
- http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2000/021900b.htm
- http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/theangryearth/batista.html&date=2009-10-25+22:53:24
- http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/cuban-rebels/kirkpatrick.htm
- http://www.ruleoflawandcuba.fsu.edu/regime-9.cfm
- http://www.wicuba.org/ageearticle.html
- http://www.themilitant.com/1996/6016/6016_13.html
- http://www.glosk.com/PO/Forte/-2999722/pages/Fulgencio_Batista/46104_en.htm
- http://www.cubaverdad.net/revolution.htm
- http://chat.mapleleafs.com/index.php?showtopic=74060