consolidation and maintenance of power

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  provisional government was established in January 1959 formed by liberals.
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  Castro had real authority over Cuba- he was the commander of Cuban armed forces and formed the ORPC in January 1959
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  banned all political opposition- refused to hold elections in April 1959.
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  Castro stepped as a Prime Minister- allowed him to implement reforms that led to the country's transformation into communist by the end of 1961
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  Integrated Revolutionary Organisation- revolutionary organisations that acted against Batista were unified into ORI and became a political party.
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  ORI- in 1965 it became a Cuban Communist Party under Catro's leadership, and became the only official authorised political party, as other parties cannot participate in elections.
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  ORI- it began to publish its own newspaper (Granma), develop youth branch, children's organisations.