Suplemento no. 5 de Denuncia / Febrero 10 - 1933 by A.B.C. [Cuba] - 10 Feb. 1933

Folded in eighths. Tears to crease. Browned. Fair condition. Cuba n.p. [Cuba] 10 Feb. 1933 A chip to side edge. Foxed. A single-page single-side handbill issued by the underground Cuban ABC group opposed to the dictatorship of Gerardo Machado, denouncing the government's death squad known as 'la porra'. Concludes: "....Todos unidos bajo la Bandera del A.B.C.!" ["The ABC was founded in October 1931 by a group that had been meeting for a year in the office of Dr. Juan Andrés Lliteras. The most prominent member was Joaquín Martínez Saenz. Jorge Mañ ach and Francisco Ichaso were soon invited to join. The group's membership was predominantly middle class, including students and professionals. Cells had about seven members, each of whom could lead a cell on the tier below. Members of the organization knew only their leader and the cell below them. The system of alphabetical lettering of cells from tier to tier gave the organization its name.A sequence of numbers along with the letter identified each individual member. ..,.The organization took credit for numerous terrorist attacks like assassinations and bombings.They targeted police officers and soldiers, and also made several high-profile killings, including Senate President Clemente Vázquez Bello. The ABC reportedly orchestrated a plan to kill Machado by bombing Vazequez Bello’s funeral, but failed due to a last-minute change of cemetery. In early 1932 the government created a secret police force called the Porra, which acted against the opposition with no less violence.This repression further weakened the Machado government and enhanced the ABC's standing..,." - wikipedia].