Career
In 1931, Guiteras established the Unión Revolucionaria. Guiteras" political beliefs were nurtured in the volatile political climate of the 1920s. Antonio Guiteras was named Minister of the Interior under President Doctor Ramón Grau San Martín.
Many reforms were introduced, including a minimum wage, minimum labour regulations, academic freedom, and nationalisation of important sectors of the economy.
In his account Cuba: A New History, the leftist historian Richard Gott summarizes Guiteras" beliefs and methods:
Guiteras"s views reflected an eclectic mix of revolutionary influences, from Auguste Blanqui to Jean Jacques Jaurèson He drew inspiration from the Mexican and the Russian revolutions, the struggle in Ireland and Sandino"s guerrilla movement in Nicaragua.
He was a firm believer in direct action, the propaganda of the deed, derived from Blanqui and the Spanish anarchists, and was much criticised by the Communists for his voluntarism and his predilection for violence.