Democratic Socialist Coalition

The Democratic Socialist Coalition (Spanish: Coalición Socialista Democrática, CSD) was a Cuban political coalition, led by Fulgencio Batista.

The party was founded in 1939, and served for the 1940 general elections, won by Batista.

[1] In the 1944 election, the coalition supported the presidential candidacy of Carlos Saladrigas Zayas as President and Ramón Zaydín as Vice President.

However, the election was won by Ramón Grau San Martín.

In the 1954 elections, the CSD ran as the National Progressive Coalition.